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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It being a little early for blackjack at the towering Beau Rivage, where I’d booked a room for the night, I instead crossed the causeway to nearby Ocean Springs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 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
The tide recedes every day for a few hours, long enough to walk across a narrow strip of causeway to the mainland.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025
Surely we are not marching upon the bridge, upon the narrow causeway.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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