How to pronounce causeway
American English pronunciation
KAWZ-way
- IPA
- /ˈkɔzˌweɪ/
- Syllables
- KAWZ · way (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What causeway means
A raised road across water or marshy ground
In a sentence: At low tide, we walked across the causeway to the little island.
Where it comes from: Its first part comes from an old French word for a paved road. It may go back to a Latin word for limestone or one for heel.
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