tollbar

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noun

A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid.

Similar
toll barriertollgate
OriginEnglish bar ← Middle English barre ← Old French barre →
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Meanings

nountollbar (plural tollbars)

plural tollbars · alternative toll-bar

  1. A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid.

    Synonyms: toll barrier, tollgate

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid.

Similar
toll barriertollgate

More synonyms by meaning

nouna gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid

Similar
tollgate
Broader
gate
Also see
toll barriertollgateturnpike

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*toll
  2. Proto-Germanic*tullazder.?
  3. Proto-West Germanic*tolnu
  4. Old Englishtoll
  5. Proto-West Germanic*tolnu
  6. Old Englishtoln
  7. Middle Englishtoll
  8. Englishtoll
  9. Vulgar Latin*barra
  10. Old Frenchbarre
  11. Middle Englishbarre
  12. Englishbar
  13. Englishtollbar

From toll + bar.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Danish bom
  • bomTranslations
German Schlagbaum, Gebührenschranke
  • SchlagbaumTranslations
  • GebührenschrankeTranslations
Irish bearna chustaim, paidhc
  • bearna chustaimTranslations
  • paidhcTranslations
Italian casello, sbarra
  • caselloTranslations
  • sbarraTranslations
Polish rogatka, szlaban
  • rogatkaTranslations
  • szlabanTranslations
Spanish caseta de cobro
  • caseta de cobroTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

torball
Cite this entry
APA

tollbar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tollbar

MLA

“tollbar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tollbar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tollbar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tollbar.

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