# turnstile

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɜːnstaɪl/ · frequency rank #60,528

## Definitions
1. A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.
2. A similar device in a footpath to allow people through one at a time while preventing the passage of cattle.
3. The ⊢ symbol used to represent logical entailment (deducibility relation), especially of the syntactic type; i.e., syntactic consequence. (Such symbol can be read as "prove(s)" or "give(s)". )

## Etymology
From turn + stile.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/turnstile