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Definition turnpike

Etymology

From Middle English turnpyke (“spiked barrier across a road”), originally used to block access to such a road until toll was paid.

Noun

turnpike (plural turnpikes)

  1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile.
  2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid; a tollgate.
  3. (Scotland) A winding stairway.
  4. (military) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.
  5. A toll road, especially a toll expressway.
  6. (mathematical economics) A trajectory on a finite time interval that satisfies an optimality criterion which is associated with a cost function.

Verb

turnpike (third-person singular simple present turnpikes, present participle turnpiking, simple past and past participle turnpiked)

  1. To form (a road, etc.) in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.

Results 169 Words with the letters TURNPIKE

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15 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
COUNTERPICKETED 31
PHENYLKETONURIA 30
PHENYLKETONURIC 33
UNSPORTSMANLIKE 29
14 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
COUNTERPICKETS 29
13 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
COUNTERPICKET 28
12 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
BANKRUPTCIES 27
COMPUTERNIKS 27
11 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
COMPUTERNIK 26
9 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
TURNPIKES 18
8 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
TURNPIKE 17
7 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
PUNKIER 16
6 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
PINKER 14
PTERIN 10
PUNIER 11
PUNKER 15
PUNKIE 15
PUNTER 11
PURINE 11
REKNIT 11
TINKER 11
TRIUNE 8
TURNIP 11
UNITER 8
UNKEPT 15
UNRIPE 11
5 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
ERUPT 9
INEPT 9
INERT 6
INKER 10
INPUT 10
INTER 6
INURE 7
KITER 9
NITER 6
NITRE 6
PEKIN 13
PIKER 12
PRINK 13
PRINT 9
PRUNE 10
PURIN 10
REINK 10
REPIN 9
RIPEN 9
RUTIN 7
TRIKE 9
TRINE 6
TRIPE 8
TRUNK 11
TUNER 7
TUPIK 13
UNITE 7
UNRIP 10
UNTIE 7
URINE 7
UTERI 6
4 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
ETUI 5
ITER 4
KEIR 8
KENT 9
KEPI 11
KEPT 11
KERN 9
KIER 8
KINE 9
KIRN 9
KITE 8
KNIT 9
KNUR 10
KUNE 10
NEUK 10
NITE 5
NUKE 10
PEIN 8
PENT 8
PERI 7
PERK 11
PERT 7
PIER 7
PIKE 11
PINE 8
PINK 12
PINT 8
PIRN 8
PTUI 8
PUKE 12
PUNK 13
PUNT 9
PURE 8
PURI 8
REIN 5
RENT 5
RINK 9
RIPE 7
RITE 4
RUIN 6
RUNE 6
RUNT 6
TERN 5
TIER 4
TIKE 8
TINE 5
TIRE 4
TREK 8
TRIP 7
TRUE 5
TUNE 6
TURK 9
TURN 6
UNIT 6
3 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
ERN 4
INK 8
IRE 3
IRK 7
KEN 8
KEP 10
KIN 8
KIP 10
KIR 7
KIT 7
KUE 8
NET 4
NIP 7
NIT 4
NUT 5
PEN 7
PER 6
PET 6
PIE 6
PIN 7
PIT 6
PIU 7
PUN 8
PUR 7
PUT 7
REI 3
REP 6
RET 3
RIN 4
RIP 6
RUE 4
RUN 5
RUT 4
TEN 4
TIE 3
TIN 4
TIP 6
TUI 4
TUN 5
TUP 7
UKE 8
URN 5
UTE 4
2 letter words with the letters TURNPIKE ↑
EN 3
ER 2
ET 2
IN 3
IT 2
KI 6
NE 3
NU 4
PE 5
PI 5
RE 2
TI 2
UN 4
UP 6
UT 3

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