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Definition of Turnpike

1. Noun. (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid.

Definition of Turnpike

1. n. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.

2. v. t. To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.

Definition of Turnpike

1. Noun. (US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway. ¹

2. Noun. A road formerly a toll road. ¹

3. Verb. To form (a road, etc.) in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turnpike

1. a highway on which tolls are collected [n -S]

Medical Definition of Turnpike

1. 1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile. "I move upon my axle like a turnpike." (B. Jonson) 2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate. 3. A turnpike road. 4. A winding stairway. 5. A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike. Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc. Origin: Turn + pike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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