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View synonyms for driveway

driveway

[ drahyv-wey ]

noun

  1. a road, especially a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.
  2. any road for driving on.


driveway

/ ˈdraɪvˌweɪ /

noun

  1. a private road for vehicles, often connecting a house or garage with a public road; drive


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Word History and Origins

Origin of driveway1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; drive + way 1

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Example Sentences

Same for driveway pavers and meat and poultry plant workers.

One day, as I sat in our driveway in Long Island playing with blocks and buckets, my curiosity got the best of me.

I live far away [at the top of a long driveway, in rural Leesburg, Va., 40 miles outside of Washington].

Her silver 2001 Chevrolet Prizm was later found in a driveway outside an abandoned house in Gary.

Then, one morning, the boy noticed that lots of cars had pulled up in the family driveway.

He would much rather run the gauntlet of that driveway then wait in the dark any longer.

They too heard the noise and saw a small ancient roadster turn into the driveway and stop.

The driveway here split, one branch descending the hill, while the main thread wound on past the front of the main building.

Joe Burns, of the next generation, closed off one side of the driveway to make a storage room.

And the driveway is where the car was parked because the garage always had too many things in it to get your car in?

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