Driveway Meaning
/ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA short private road that leads to a house or garage.
nounA road that enters or circulates through a defined area, such as an institution, compound, land area, etc., for the purpose of private access, maintenance, or security.
Sentence Examples
I was wasting time, wandering around the garage, when an old truck swept into driveway.
She managed to back up through the narrow driveway.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After parking the car on the ____, I walked to the front door.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I was wasting time, wandering around the garage, when an old truck swept into ____.
Word Origin & History
From drive + way.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The design originally called for a 1-lane-wide driveway leading from the street to the parking area."
— 1988 April 26, Joseph Truni, “Asphalt Answers”, in Popular Mechanics, page 127:
"They drove in the driveway into the parking lot that was totally full."
— 2020 October 28, Franco La Monica, Catch 44, Meadville, Pennsylvania: Christian Faith Publishing, →ISBN, page 37:
"The river corridor had also been used as a driveway for sheep in the past. Prior to the gold rush era, it is likely that early day trappers traveled the corridor."
— 1991, Robin Rose, “Appendix C: Resource Assessment: North Powder National Wild and Scenic River. USDA, Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest”, in Environmental Assessment for the North Powder Wild and Scenic River Management Plan, US Department of Agriculture, page 12:
"Magdalena became a major cattle town, securing one of the largest stockyard shipping pens in the Southwest beginning in 1885. "The Magdalena Trail" was a cowboy's destination driving and herding cattle and sheep to the stockyards. So prominent was this trail that it was officially claimed as a "driveway for cattle" by the Grazing Homestead Act of 1916. Today in Magdalena the wooden stockyards, worn by weather and time, still stand as a testament to the Old West Cattle Drives."
— 2022, Outdoors Southwest, “Journey through New Mexico”, in Outdoors Southwest, retrieved 13 Sep 2023:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After parking the car on the ____, I walked to the front door.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I was wasting time, wandering around the garage, when an old truck swept into ____.