driveway

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdraɪvweɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdraɪvˌweɪ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(drīv′wā′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
drive•way /ˈdraɪvˌweɪ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a road leading from a street to a building or house.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
drive•way  (drīv′wā′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a road, esp. a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.
  2. any road for driving on.
  • drive + way 1865–70, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
driveway /ˈdraɪvˌweɪ/ n
  1. a private road for vehicles, often connecting a house or garage with a public road; drive
'driveway' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
sweep - accumulate - apron - around - avenue - blacktop - border - colonnade - concourse - darned - shaped - skiddy - speed bump - swing
Collocations: the [building's, office's, house's] driveway, the driveway up to the [building], a [long, wide, straight, winding] driveway, more...

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