causeway

/'kɔ:zwei/

Thân thiện

A car drives along the causeway across the calm bay.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A raised road or path across wet ground or water: A causeway is a raised road, track, or path built across a body of water, marshland, or soft ground to provide a stable, dry passage.
   • A raised walkway: Specifically, it can refer to a raised footpath, often alongside a road.

2. Verb:

   • To build or pave a road with a raised foundation: To construct a road by laying a foundation of stones or other material to elevate it above the surrounding terrain.
   • To provide an area with a causeway: To furnish a wet or soft area with a raised road or path.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The ancient causeway allowed travelers to cross the marsh safely.
  • We walked along the coastal causeway at sunset.
• Verb:
  • The engineers causewayed the road through the swamp.
  • The old trail was causewayed with cobblestones.

Advanced Usage

• "Causewayed" (Adjective): Describing an area that has been provided with a causeway.
  • They surveyed the newly causewayed terrain.
  • A causewayed swamp is less prone to flooding on the path.

Variants and Related Words

• Causey (Noun, archaic): An old term for a causeway or a paved road.
• Causewaying (Noun): The action or process of building a causeway.

Synonyms

• Embankment: A wall or bank of earth or stone built to hold back water or to carry a road.
• Dyke/Dike: A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding.
• Viaduct: A long bridge-like structure carrying a road or railway across a valley or other low ground. (Note: A viaduct typically has a series of arches, while a causeway is a solid raised bank.)

Related Phrases

• To build a causeway: The common phrase for the construction action.
  • The army built a causeway to move supplies across the bog.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand

Verb

1. pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles
2. provide with a causeway
   • A causewayed swamp