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zipway

/ˈzɪp.weɪ/

zipway noun: a high-speed elevator, corridor, or similar transit route.

Noun

zipway (plural zipways)

  1. A high-speed elevator, corridor, or similar transit route.
    • One brilliant thing about Wreckers is that you don't spend most of your time trudging around corridors. The Beacon's equipped with vertical and horizontal zipways, which are like elevators only a bit quicker and speed you between locations in a 'zip!'1991, "Wreckers" (video game review) in Crash (issue 88, page 42)
    • I never cared for zipways as a way to get around megastructures like this. I always thought that there was a reason God invented taxis.2006, K. A. Bedford, Hydrogen Steel

Forms of zipway

pluralzipways

Origin of zipway

From zip + way.

Questions about zipway

What does zipway mean?
Zipway means a high-speed elevator, corridor, or similar transit route.
What part of speech is zipway?
Zipway is a noun.
How do you pronounce zipway?
Zipway is pronounced /ˈzɪp.weɪ/.
What is the plural of zipway?
The plural of zipway is zipways.

Words near zipway in the dictionary

  1. ziptie
  2. ziptied
  3. zipties
  4. ziptop
  5. ziptying
  6. zipway
  7. zipways
  8. zipwire
  9. zipwires
  10. zipwiring
  11. ziqqurat

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