What is another word for tollgate?

Pronunciation: [tˈə͡ʊlɡe͡ɪt] (IPA)

A tollgate is a structure built over a road or highway used to collect fees from vehicles and travelers crossing a section of the road. The word tollgate has many synonyms, including tollbooth, tollhouse, toll plaza, toll station, and toll point. Each of these words refers to the same infrastructure used to collect tolls and regulate vehicle passage on roads and highways. These words are interchangeable and can be used in different contexts, depending on the dialect or preference of the speaker. Regardless of the word chosen, tollgates remain an essential part of transportation infrastructure, helping fund roads and highways and regulate traffic flow.

What are the hypernyms for Tollgate?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Tollgate

The tollgate-keeper cannot be called upon to restore the ancient system of turnpikes and plank roads to be maintained by a tax upon vehicles passing over them, but there can be provided a general fund in each county sufficient to build up free roads better than the toll roads and with a smaller burden of cost upon the people.
"The Future of Road-making in America"
Archer Butler Hulbert
Her friends were the blacksmith and the tollgate keeper, her teachers-all who knew her and they were few: she had no time for friendships.
"The Mettle of the Pasture"
James Lane Allen
Seems like Jake an' Laz met 'Gene down to the tollgate an' wuz a wonderin' how you wuz gittin' along this cold spell.
"The Sherrods"
George Barr McCutcheon

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