Meaning

11 senses
  1. A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.

    The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley.

    Gasse

    переу́локpereúlok, алле́яalléja, але́йкаaléjka

    прову́локprovúlok, заву́локzavúlok, але́яaléja

  2. The area between the outfielders.

    He hit one deep into the alley.

  3. An establishment where bowling is played.

  4. An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.

    a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins

  5. The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.

  6. A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.

  7. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.

  8. Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.

  9. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.

  10. (informal, rare)A group of clowns; the collective noun for clowns.

  11. A marble (small ball used in games).

Examples

104 sentences
  1. This is a dead-end alley.

    ruЭта аллея заканчивается тупиком. — nami

    deDas ist eine Sackgasse. — MUIRIEL

  2. It is right up his alley.

  3. There's an alley behind my house.

    deHinter meinem Haus liegt eine Gasse. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom walked slowly down the alley.

  5. I saw Tom in the alley.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Origin

From Middle English aleye, from Anglo-Norman aleie, feminine of alé, past participle of al

From Middle English aleye, from Anglo-Norman aleie, feminine of alé, past participle of aler (“to go”) (French aller). Doublet of allée.

Diminutive of alabaster, from which they were once made.

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