causeway
causeway
Definition
cause·way (kôz′wā′)
noun
- a raised path or road, as across wet ground or water
- Obsolete a paved way or road; highway
Etymology: < cause(y) + way
transitive verb
to furnish with a causeway
causeway
Synonyms
causeway
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cross: The picture below shows the road crossing the causeway to the island slowly being covered by the incoming tide.
- build: He is standing on the remains of a causeway built to a neighboring island during the war.
- raise: The line of of the lane can still be identified today by the slightly raised causeway both sides of the railroad line.
- reach: On approaching Garnieland Farmhouse take the gravel road to the left to reach the causeway across to the island.
Preposition: at
- tide: Visit by causeway at low tide or take a boat trip.
Converse of subject
- connect: We will be berthing at the Flamenco Marina which is on an island connected by a 2 mile causeway to the mainland.
- reach: Tunstall, founded by the Saxons, was built on an island reached by a causeway.
- link: Holyhead is a popular seaside heathland course on Holy Island which is linked by a picturesque causeway to Anglesey.
- join: The Island is now joined by causeway to South Uist.
Adjective modifier
- tidal: From Berwick the trail meanders along beaches of golden sand to the tidal causeway linking Holy Island with the mainland.
- narrow: The narrow causeway is still visible under the water.
- long: The slipway is located at the end of a long causeway set out into a bay on the south of the island.
- short: Here the path was close to the water and at one point followed a short causeway of rough rocks along the river's edge.
- old: Loch Bee Causeway The link across Loch Bee in South Uist is the the oldest causeway involved in the Western Isles Spinal Route.
- new: In 1983 a new two-lane causeway was built to replace the South Ford bridge.
Modifies a noun
- core: On the Uist side, the causeway core now stretches 270 meters into the sea, around 2 meters below its final full height.
- construction: Causeway construction was also continuing on the south side of bridge, from the end of the diversion.
- link: There are a few hotels and shops dotted about the island and causeway links to Benbecula and South Uist enable exploration further afield.
Noun used with modifier
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