Clues for the word "TURNPIKE"

We've had 17 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 25 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on February 19, 2025.

Definition of turnpike

n. - A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.
n. - A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
n. - A turnpike road.
n. - A winding stairway.
n. - A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
v. t. - To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.