underpass

C2+ Topic:Transportation
US /ˈʌndɚpæs/ UK /ˈʌndəpɑːs/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a road or passage running beneath another road or railway

    They cycled through the underpass to avoid the busy intersection.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a road or passage running... subwaytunnelunderground
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Word family
Related forms passunderpassage

Etymology

From under- ('beneath') + pass, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passare, from Latin passus ('step, pace'), from pandere ('to stretch').

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