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trackway

trackway noun: a set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.

Noun

trackway (plural trackways)

  1. A set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.
    • Fossil trackways of landfish […] tell us more about how their evolution proceeded in the later stages of this geological period.2024, Jules Howard, Infinite Life
  2. Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, set in the ground to aid the movement of wheeled vehicles.

Forms of trackway

pluraltrackways

Origin of trackway

From track + way.

Questions about trackway

What does trackway mean?
Trackway means a set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.
What part of speech is trackway?
Trackway is a noun.
What is the plural of trackway?
The plural of trackway is trackways.

Words near trackway in the dictionary

  1. tracksuited
  2. tracksuits
  3. trackwalker
  4. trackwalkers
  5. trackwalking
  6. trackway
  7. trackways
  8. trackwheel
  9. trackwheels
  10. trackwidth
  11. trackwidths

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