driveway
/ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.65 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "The design originally called for a 1-lane-wide driveway leading from the street to the parking area."
- "They drove in the driveway into the parking lot that was totally full."
- "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."
- "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 "driveway for cattle" by the Grazing Homestead Act of 1916. Today in Magdalena the wooden stockyards, worn by weather and time, still stand as a testament to the Old West Cattle Drives."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive English way English driveway From drive + way.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
driveway doesn't go all the way to the road
someone's driveway doesn't go all the way to the road
driveway access
driveway moment
shared driveway
drive away