driveway
Substantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ//
A short private road that leads to a house or garage.
Substantiv
- 1
A short private road that leads to a house or garage.
- 2
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.
They drove in the driveway into the parking lot that was totally full.
- 3
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.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive English way English driveway From drive + way.
Formen
- Plural
- driveways
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