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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

driftway

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
drift-way
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A road or path for driving cattle or sheep, on the commons or on private land.

noun

A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.

noun

An access road to the sea.

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From drift + way.

Usage

Inflected Forms

driftways (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

droveway

Synonyms

droveway driveway

Questions

What does driftway mean?
A road or path for driving cattle or sheep, on the commons or on private land.
Where does driftway come from?
From drift + way.

How to pronounce driftway

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