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underpass
[ uhn-der-pas, -pahs ]
noun
- a passage running underneath, especially a passage for pedestrians or vehicles, or both, crossing under a railroad, road, etc.
underpass
/ ˈʌԻəˌɑː /
noun
- a section of a road that passes under another road, railway line, etc
- another word for subway
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of underpass1
Example Sentences
The underpass has since been closed as police investigate.
We could walk a quarter mile and duck under the low PCH underpass, then spend long hours body surfing and doing absolutely nothing.
Quick bouts of rain temporarily flooded some roadways and underpasses in the Bay Area, submerging cars in one low-lying street in Livermore.
It’s believed Golden State bats are clustering in smaller numbers in rock crevices, swaying palm fronds, freeway underpasses and other hideaways where they’re hard to find.
But she somehow made her way around the busy metropolis to the Santa Monica Mountains by the summer — crossing, at least, the 5 Freeway, perhaps using an underpass, wildlife officials had said.
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