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causeway Definition

cause·way (kôzwā′)

noun

  1. a raised path or road, as across wet ground or water
  2. Obsolete a paved way or road; highway

Etymology: < cause(y) + way

transitive verb

to furnish with a causeway
causeway Synonyms

causeway

n.

highway, raised road, access road; see path 1, road 1.

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

  • stone: The Romans built a military station here by the stone causeway across the river, both now long gone.
  • entrance: At last we can closely define the site of the entrance causeway across the ditch.