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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for storing boats in the water |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, bay, bight, breakwater, chuck, cove, dock, embankment, firth, gulf, haven, inlet, jetty, landing, mooring, pier, port, road, roadstead, wharf |
| Notes: | harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities |
| Main Entry: | means |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, method |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, aid, apparatus, auspices, avenue, channel, course, dodge*, equipment, expedient, factor, fashion, gimmick, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, intermediary, machinery, manner, measure, mechanism, medium, ministry, mode, modus operandi, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, power, process, road, route, step, stepping-stone, system, tactic, technique, trick, vehicle, ways and means |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | passage/passageway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path for travel |
| Synonyms: | access, alley, alleyway, avenue, channel, corridor, course, doorway, entrance, entrance hall, exit, gap, hall, hallway, lane, line, lobby, opening, pathway, road, route, shaft, subway, thoroughfare, tunnel, vestibule, way |
| Antonyms: | blockage, stop |
| Main Entry: | path |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course, way |
| Synonyms: | aisle, artery, avenue, beat, beaten path, boulevard, byway, crosscut, direction, drag, footpath, groove, highway, lane, line, pass, passage, pathway, procedure, rail, road, roadway, route, rut, shortcut, street, stroll, terrace, thoroughfare, track, trail, walk, walkway |
| Antonyms: | blockage |
| Main Entry: | pavement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blacktop |
| Synonyms: | asphalt, concrete, flagstone, road, sidewalk, tar |
| Notes: | pavement is from Latin pavimentum 'trodden-down or beaten floor'; pavement is a hard surface of which asphalt is one type |
| Main Entry: | route |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path over which someone or something travels |
| Synonyms: | avenue, beat, beeline, byway, circuit, course, detour, digression, direction, divergence, itinerary, journey, line, meandering, passage, pavement, pike, plot, program, rambling, range, road, round, rounds, run, short cut, tack, track, trail, wandering, way |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
| Main Entry: | street |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path upon which travel occurs |
| Synonyms: | artery, avenue, back alley, boulevard, byway, court, dead end, drag*, drive, highway, lane, parkway, passage, pavement, place, road, roadway, route, row, stroll, terrace, thoroughfare, track, trail, turf*, way |
| Notes: | street comes from Latin strata 'something laid'; road is a general term, whereas street is narrower in sense and chiefly urban in application - a street typically has buildings on either side and is paved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey; stint |
| Synonyms: | bout*, circle tour, circuit, course, cruise, excursion, expedition, getaway, go*, hitch*, hop, jaunt*, junket, outing, overnight, peregrination, progress, road, round trip, round*, roundabout, run, shift, spell, stretch, stump, swing*, time, travel, trek, trick*, trip, turn, voyage, weekend, whistle-stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | track |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path, way |
| Synonyms: | alley, artery, avenue, beaten path, boulevard, clearing, course, cut*, drag*, footpath, highway, lane, line, orbit, passage, pathway, rail, rails, road, roadway, route, street, thoroughfare, trackway, trail, trajectory, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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