causeway
/ˈkɔːz.weɪ/
causeway noun: a road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.
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Noun
causeway (plural causeways)
- A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.
- . . .the passage over the water of the Luye at Stratford atte Bowe, anciently used to be in a certain place which is called the Old Forde, which is distant from the place where the bridges and causeway now are nearly one mile, at which passage many persons passing over it at divers times were...1836, Account of the Old Bridge at Stratford-le-Bow in Essex from Alfred Burges, Esq. addressed to Sir Henry Ellis https://archive.org/details/archaeologiaorm01londgoog
- Egbert went quickly up to the causeway into the castle, where they heard the sentry sing out as usual, ‘Halt, who goes there?’1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 89
Verb
causeway (third-person singular simple present causeways, present participle causewaying, simple past and past participle causewayed)
- To pave, to cobble.
- In thus limiting his judgment, I understand that he has not pronounced any opinion in regard to the formation and causewaying of streets […]1873, The Scottish Jurist, volume 45, Alexander Dennistoun and Others, Pursuers, v. John Thomson, Defender
- The Glasgow Town Council decided at their last meeting to causeway the following streets at the respective costs given […]1878 December 13, The British Architect: A Journal of Architecture and the Accessory Arts, volume 10, number 24, page 235
causeway meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
causeway in Hindi
- causeway, embankment
- पुल pul
- causeway, dyke
- बंधा bandhā
causeway in Tamil
- ஆற்றிடைப் பாதை, ஆற்றுச் சருக்கை, தரைப்பாலம், தாழ் பாலம்
causeway in Urdu
- causeway
- پل pul
causeway in Telugu
- కాస్ వే, కోస్ వే
More languagesFewer languages
- causeway in Malayalam
- നടവരമ്പ്, വരമ്പ്, നടപ്പാത
- causeway in Kannada
- ಒಡ್ಡುದಾರಿ, ಏರುದಾರಿ
- causeway in Punjabi
- ਕੌਜ਼ਵੇਅ, ਕੌਜ਼ਵੇ
- causeway in Gujarati
- કોઝવે
- causeway in Odia
- କଜ୍ୱେ
- causeway in Malay
- jalan tambak, tambak
Examples of causeway in a sentence
- Like a ribbon of clotting blood, even the stones of the causeway radiated with pulsant light.
- I mean to divide them into three battles and start up the causeway a half-day apart.
- Coloane, the southernmost of Macao's two islands, which is connected to the Macao peninsula by bridges and a causeway.
Forms of causeway
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | causeways |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | causeways |
| present participle | causewaying |
| past participle | causewayed |
| past | causewayed |
Origin of causeway
From Middle English cawcewey, with the first element from Middle English cauce, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French caucee or Old French caucie, cauchie (“route, highway”), from Vulgar Latin *calciāta (compare modern French chaussée from Old French chaucie, itself from the same source), either from Latin calx, calcis (“limestone”), or alternatively from Latin calciō (“to stamp with the heels, tread”), from calx (“heel”). The second element corresponds to English way.
Words formed from causeway
Questions about causeway
- What does causeway mean?
- Causeway means a road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.
- What is causeway in Hindi?
- Causeway in Hindi is पुल (pul), बंधा (bandhā). See Causeway meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is causeway?
- Causeway can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce causeway?
- Causeway is pronounced /ˈkɔːz.weɪ/.
- What is the plural of causeway?
- The plural of causeway is causeways.
Words near causeway in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: causeway (page history and authors); पुल (Hindi) (page history and authors); causeway (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پل (Urdu) (page history and authors); causeway (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); causeway (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); causeway (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); causeway (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); causeway (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); causeway (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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