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by-path

by-path is the alternative form of bypath.

Meaning of bypath

Noun

bypath (plural bypaths)

  1. An unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway.
    • Having gone to Chiang Chou from Chü-wo by the northern route through Hou-ma, we returned over a bypath through mountains in the south which has been gradually elevated from the Fêng River valley by loess deposit.1927, Chi Li, “Archaeological Survey of the Fêng River Valley, Southern Shansi, China”, in Explorations and Field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1926 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections)...

Forms of by-path

pluralby-paths

Questions about by-path

What is by-path the alternative form of?
By-path is the alternative form of bypath.

Words near by-path in the dictionary

  1. by-name
  2. by-names
  3. by-pass
  4. by-passes
  5. by-past
  6. by-path
  7. by-paths
  8. by-peep
  9. by-peeping
  10. by-place
  11. by-places

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