by-pass
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.04 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of bypass.
Example Sentences
- "the Colnbrook By-Pass on the A4"
- "The railway was in fact shifted in 1937 a little to the west, over a distance of a quarter-mile, to make room for the by-pass at this point, but complete abandonment was firmly vetoed because of the proved strategic value of the line."
- "In The Bus We Loved (2005) Travis Elborough describes the New Road [now named Euston Road and Marylebone Road] as 'London's first by-pass ... a kind of perimeter fence, a here be yokels boundary line between the burgeoning town and the country'."
Etymology
From by- + pass.