Home › Words › M › milewaymilewaymileway · noun — any of a number of roads near Oxford, England, whose upkeep was formerly paid for by nearby residents.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Etymology* mile + way. * (period of 20 minutes): In reference to the distance that might be covered in this time period.nounAny of a number of roads near Oxford, England, whose upkeep was formerly paid for by nearby residents.A time period of 20 minutes.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.manorway 64% match — A roadway, typically a dead end, giving access from a manor or village to marshy common land, often near a river. vs mileway →milepost 62% match — A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places. vs mileway →milelong 57% match — A mile, or roughly a mile, in length vs mileway →trailway 57% match — A trail or rural route. vs mileway →waymate 57% match — Synonym of wayfellow. vs mileway →churchway 55% match — A customary right of way to the parish church over land lying within the parish. vs mileway →travelway 55% match — A road or comparable infrastructure for travelling over or through. vs mileway →routeway 55% match — A way along which a route can be followed; a road or path. vs mileway →