driveway

Noun

driveway (plural driveways)

1. (UK, US) A short private road that leads to a house or garage.

   Synonyms:

   drive

2. (US) A road that enters or circulates through a defined area, such as an institution, compound, land area, etc., for the purpose of private access, maintenance, or security.
   • The design originally called for a 1-lane-wide driveway leading from the street to the parking area.1988 April, Joseph Truni, “Asphalt Answers”, in Popular Mechanics, page 127
   • They drove in the driveway into the parking lot that was totally full.2020 October 28, Franco La Monica, Catch 44, Meadville, Pennsylvania: Christian Faith Publishing, →ISBN, page 37

   Synonyms:

   service road, access road

3. (uncommon) Synonym of droveway.
   • The river corridor had also been used as a driveway for sheep in the past. Prior to the gold rush era, it is likely that early day trappers traveled the corridor.1991, Robin Rose, “Appendix C: Resource Assessment: North Powder National Wild and Scenic River. USDA, Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest”, in Environmental Assessment for the North...
   • Magdalena became a major cattle town, securing one of the largest stockyard shipping pens in the Southwest beginning in 1885. "The Magdalena Trail" was a cowboy's destination driving and herding cattle and sheep to the stockyards. So prominent was this trail that it was officially claimed as a...2022, Outdoors Southwest, “Journey through New Mexico”, in Outdoors Southwest, retrieved 13 Sep 2023

   Synonyms:

   droveway