Meaning

2 senses
  1. A narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.

    a narrow street with walls on both sides

  2. A passage between two rows of cabins in a ship.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. I turned into a small alleyway.

  2. The thief was trapped in a dead-end alleyway.

    deDer Dieb wurde in einer Sackgasse in die Enge getrieben. — MisterTrouser

  3. It's easy to get lost in this maze of alleyways.

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  4. Tom's hiding in an alleyway.

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  5. She zipped down the alleyway.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From alley + way.

From alley + way.

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