driveway

driveway

English

Etymology

drive +‎ way

Noun

driveway (plural driveways)

1. (UK, US) A short private road that leads to a house or garage.
2. (US) A 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.
   • 1988 April 1, Truni, Joseph, “Asphalt Answers”, in Popular Mechanics‎, page 127:

     The design originally called for a 1-lane-wide driveway leading from the street to the parking area.

   • 2020 October 28, La Monica, Franco, Catch 44‎, Meadville, Pennsylvania: Christian Faith Publishing, →ISBN, page 37:

     They drove in the driveway into the parking lot that was totally full.

Synonyms

• (short private road that leads to a house or garage): drive (UK)
• (road that enters or circulates through a defined area): service road, access road

Derived terms

• driveway doesn't go all the way to the road
• driveway moment
• shared driveway

Translations

short private road that leads to a house or garage

Chinese: Mandarin: 車道／车道 (zh) (chēdào), 專用支路／专用支路 (zhuānyòngzhīlù) Czech: příjezdová cesta f Danish: indkørsel c Dutch: oprit (nl), inrit (nl) Finnish: pihatie, yksityinen ajotie French: allée (fr) German: Einfahrt (de) f (to small building), Auffahrt (de) f (to large building), Zufahrt (de) f Irish: cabhsán m Japanese: 私道 (ja) (しどう, shidō) Norwegian: Bokmål: oppkjørsel m or f Polish: podjazd do domu m Russian: подъездна́я доро́жка f (podʺjezdnája doróžka), прое́зд (ru) m (projézd) Spanish: entrada (para coches) f Swedish: infart (sv) c Turkish: garaj yolu

See also

• drive away