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Noun: turnpike  'turn`pIk
  1. (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
     
  2. An expressway on which tolls are collected
    - toll road

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, thruway [N. Amer]

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