: a private road giving access from a public way to a building on abutting grounds
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A long driveway led to the mansion.
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On Warnell Street, in a row of new townhouses, Hyundais sat in driveways next to Hondas.
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Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
This cordless leaf blower has two speed settings, including a turbo mode that reaches 150 miles per hour, which is powerful enough to clear leaves and debris from your lawn, driveway, or sidewalk.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The cost to remediate a driveway just 15 meters long was staggering.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
If there is no parking lot or driveway to pull into, pull your vehicle off to the side of the road as far as possible.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
This cordless leaf blower has two speed settings, including a turbo mode that reaches 150 miles per hour, which is powerful enough to clear leaves and debris from your lawn, driveway, or sidewalk.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The cost to remediate a driveway just 15 meters long was staggering.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
If there is no parking lot or driveway to pull into, pull your vehicle off to the side of the road as far as possible.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for driveway
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“Driveway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driveway. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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driveway
noun
drive·way
ˈdrīv-ˌwā 
: a short private road from the street to a house, garage, or parking lot
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