A driveway (also called drive in UK English) is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or group.
In the UK, there are specific parameters that a driveway should meet: It should be on private land, leading to a house, garage or similar building. It must be used for vehicle access to the property. While there isn't a fixed size, it should ideally be large enough to accommodate at least one car.
You can also call your driveway a drive, and both words emerged in the late 19th century. Definitions of driveway. a road leading up to a private house. “they parked in the driveway” synonyms: drive, private road.
"Road metal" later became the name of stone chippings mixed with tar to form the road-surfacing material tarmac. A road of such material is called a "metalled road" in Britain, a "paved road" in Canada and the US, or a "sealed road" in parts of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
It is called a sidewalk in American English, but can also be called a pavement (mainly British English and South African English), a footpath (Australian English, Irish English, Indian English and New Zealand English) or footway (Engineering term). A pavement (UK), sidewalk (CA, US), or footpath (AU, IE, IN, NZ).
A driveway is "a private road giving access from a public way to a building on abutting grounds," and in America, we tend to park our cars in the driveway since driveways typically come right alongside one's house.
Block paving, also known as brick paving, is a commonly used decorative method of creating a pavement or hardstanding. The main benefit of bricks over other materials is that individual bricks can later be lifted up and replaced.
There are particular guidelines for householders who want to pave over their front gardens in order to turn them into driveways. Planning permission is not needed for new driveways, regardless of the size, as long as the surfacing used is permeable. This porous surfacing allows water to drain through.
Parking in front of one's own driveway is legal in the UK, but it is not without its drawbacks. Pros include convenience and accessibility while cons include potential obstruction and inconvenience to others. Alternatives may include using a garage or parking elsewhere.
However, it is classified as a civil offence and is not technically illegal – meaning the police are unlikely to get involved. It's also not advisable to take matters into your own hands and physically do anything to remove the vehicle.
A curb (North American English), or kerb (Commonwealth English except Canada; see spelling differences), is the edge where a raised sidewalk or road median/central reservation meets a street or other roadway.
In British English, "highway" is primarily a legal term. Everyday use normally implies roads, while the legal use covers any route or path with a public right of access, including footpaths etc. The term has led to several related derived terms, including highway system, highway code, highway patrol and highwayman.
The term driveway originated as the designation for the place you drive you car into at the house, like from the gate of the farm, or estate, to the house. When you got to the end of the driveway, you would park the car.
A parking lot (American English) or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles. The term usually refers to an area dedicated only for parking, with a durable or semi-durable surface.
In the NYC Traffic Rules, the definition of driveway is: “Every entrance or exit authorized pursuant to applicable law and used by vehicular traffic to or from lands or buildings abutting a roadway.” A curb cut provides the means for a vehicle to enter or exit the property.
A sidewalk (North American English), pavement (British English), footpath in Australia, India, New Zealand and Ireland, or footway, is a path along the side of a road.
If you ask for a bag of chips in the US, you will be given crispy deep-fried thin sliced potato. In the UK, 'chips' are a thicker version of what people in the US call 'fries'. If you want a bag of what Americans call 'chips' in the UK, just ask for crisps.
A biscuit is a cookie. A British person would only call chocolate-chip biscuits a cookie. Scones are a baked item made of firm dough. They are neither soft like bread or crisp like a cookie or a biscuit but are somewhere in between, a bit like the shortcake in strawberry shortcake, or American biscuits, except sweet.
