causeway
Americannoun
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a raised road or path, as across low or wet ground.
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a highway or paved way.
verb (used with object)
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to pave (a road or street) with cobblestones or pebbles.
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to provide with a causeway.
noun
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a raised path or road crossing water, marshland, sand, etc
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a paved footpath
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a road surfaced with setts
Etymology
Origin of causeway
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; causey, way 1
Example Sentences
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Dave Shaw, 37, of Dave’s Walks has silently led me on languid explorations of the United Kingdom; across the cobblestone causeway to Cornwall’s St. Michael’s Mount, and along the clifftops of North Devon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Illustrations from the era show Malinche, serving as translator, as a prominent figure during Cortés’ epochal meeting with Moctezuma on Nov. 8, 1519, on a causeway leading to Tenochtitlán.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
At the Auckland Outboard Boating Club, members were having a Wednesday-night drink when one of them noticed a Zodiac lying abandoned on the causeway.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
What was once Great Britain is now a quarantined island, cut off from the mainland and protected by an armed causeway that can only be accessed during low tide.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025
South of Moat Cailin, another army was coming up the causeway, an army of Boltons and Freys marching beneath the banners of the Dreadfort.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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