causeway

Everyday

1. A raised road or path across wet ground, marshes or shallow water. tree →
2. The Giant's Causeway: a famous place in Northern Ireland with about 40,000 six-sided rock columns. tree →

In the lessons

In geography lessons, some islands are joined to the mainland by a causeway that floods at high tide, like Holy Island (Lindisfarne) in England. In safety lessons, check the tide times before crossing a tidal causeway. In science, the Giant's Causeway was made by cooling lava.

Examples

• We walked across the causeway to the island. tree →
• Check the tide times before driving over the causeway. tree →
• The causeway disappears under the sea at high tide. tree →
• The Giant's Causeway has hexagonal columns. tree →
• Legend says the giant Finn McCool built the causeway. tree →
• A long causeway crosses the marsh. tree →
• As for water, I am sinking a pump, and, plase goodness, as soon as the Causeway's made, I intend to finish it." tree →

Note

Countable: a causeway, causeways. Not about «cause» (a reason); the word comes from an old word for a raised path. Safety: cars get stuck on tidal causeways every year when drivers ignore the tide.

In Jewish tradition

It means a raised road or ramp near the Temple gate, used by the Levite guards.

Interpretation. It belongs to the lists of Levite gatekeepers in Chronicles, showing that Temple service was carefully organised, with each guard having a post.

Examples

• For the Precinct westward, four at the causeway, and two at the Precinct. (Writings 1CH.26.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, ward against ward. (Writings 1CH.26.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: a causeway, causeways. Not about «cause» (a reason); the word comes from an old word for a raised path. Safety: cars get stuck on tidal causeways every year when drivers ignore the tide.