underpass
/ˈʌndəpɑːs/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʌndəpɑːs/
underpass
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Open ah vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
un - der - pass -> underpass
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
underpass / 'ʌndǝpɑ:s; US -pæs / n
၁။ ရထားလမ်း၊ ကားလမ်း အောက်မှ ဖြတ်သွားသောလမ်း။ Compare OVERPASS
၂။ (ခြေကျင်လမ်းသွားလမ်းလာတို့အတွက်) မြေအောက်လမ်းကူး။ Compare SUBWAY ၁
More examples
- ‘The city had a fairly distinct central area defined by a few churches, government buildings and pedestrian underpasses.’
- ‘Public rights of way across the railway line between Brockenhurst and Ashurst will be suspended, and bridges and underpasses not on public roads will be closed.’
- ‘We should design a new system of roads with flyovers or underpasses, meant only for buses or other heavy vehicles.’
- ‘After the underpass, the road gets wider and the traffic spreads out.’
- ‘Presumably in anticipation of large volumes of traffic, the government has constructed frequent, cavernous road underpasses.’
- ‘David showed me that there is a pedestrian underpass in the middle part of the platforms.’
- ‘The underpass and grade-level roads at the Jayadeva junction are expected to be completed by end of this month.’
- ‘A subway is a pedestrian underpass, generally under a road.’
- ‘The new road has 29 structures, including 17 overbridges, five underbridges and an underpass.’
- ‘On the other side is a new link road taking motorists to a new underpass under the dual carriageway.’
- ‘I would like to see a dual carriageway, possibly with a roundabout and an underpass for pedestrians.’
- ‘There will be many flyovers and underpasses on the road.’
- ‘Dual carriageways, underpasses and roundabouts are everywhere, clogged by traffic and making pedestrian life a daily challenge.’
- ‘Work to reconstruct an underpass on the dual carriageway at Top Lane, Copmanthorpe, is expected to continue for the next six months.’
- ‘The costs of the project are included in the ongoing multi-million-pound scheme to improve the road network and underpasses in Charlotte Place.’
- ‘As he walked through the underpass in Cranes Farm Road he saw three men which he said he didn't think anything of and continued walking towards them.’
- ‘Private and road freight transportation was encouraged in the name of the national car industries and supported by the construction of highways, viaducts, connecting roads, bridges, and underpasses.’
- ‘The park would then take a route through an underpass beneath the trunk road and continue on the side of Ramsey village.’
- ‘Speakers urged the county council to provide pedestrians with a bridge, an underpass or a pelican crossing to prevent another accident.’
- ‘And local schoolchildren will be the first to cycle through a new underpass built into the road network.’
Synonyms
adit, bridge, burrow, channel, cloverleaf, covered passageway, crawl space, crawlway, crosscut, crossroad, crosswalk, crossway, decussation, drift, exchange, grade crossing, grating, gridiron, hole, hole in the wall, interchange, intersection, junction, loop, mine, network, overpass, passage, passageway, pit, screen, shaft, subway, traversal, traverse, tube, tunnel
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