Noun: turnpike 'turn,pIk
- [US] An expressway on which tolls are collected
"They took the turnpike to avoid traffic on the local streets";
- toll road, tollway [US]
- (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
"The historical reenactment included a replica of an old turnpike"
Derived forms: turnpikes
Type of: expressway [N. Amer], freeway [N. Amer, Austral, S.Africa], gate, motorway [Brit, Cdn], pike, state highway [N. Amer], superhighway [N. Amer], throughway [N. Amer], thruway [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Turnpike