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alleyway

/ˈæ.li.weɪ/

alleyway noun: a narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.

alleyway: a narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings
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Noun

alleyway (plural alleyways)

  1. A narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.
    Synonyms:
    alley, backs, bunnyrun, chare, chore, close, ennog, entry, fold, gangway
  2. A passage between two rows of cabins in a ship.

alleyway meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

alleyway in Hindi

alleyway
गली galī

alleyway in Tamil

சந்து, குறுக்குத் தெரு, இடைகழி

alleyway in Urdu

alleyway
گلی galī

alleyway in Malayalam

alleyway, hidden or less travelled paths
ഊടുവഴി ūṭuvaḻi
More languagesFewer languages
alleyway in Punjabi
گلی galī

Examples of alleyway in a sentence

  • The gaslit streets of Victorian London felt much safer than the dark alleyways to either side.
  • Bucket heads down the alleyway off of West Fifteenth and Seventh.
  • The staggered effect of random building resulted in a crazyquilt of dead ends and narrow, jagged alleyways.

All 17 example sentences with alleyway

Synonyms of alleyway

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All synonyms of alleyway

Forms of alleyway

pluralalleyways

Plural of alleyway: alleyways

Origin of alleyway

From alley + way.

Words formed from alleyway

Questions about alleyway

What does alleyway mean?
Alleyway means a narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.
What is alleyway in Hindi?
Alleyway in Hindi is गली (galī). See Alleyway meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is alleyway?
Alleyway is a noun.
How do you pronounce alleyway?
Alleyway is pronounced /ˈæ.li.weɪ/.
What is the plural of alleyway?
The plural of alleyway is alleyways.

Words near alleyway in the dictionary

  1. alleyooped
  2. alleyooping
  3. alleyoops
  4. alleys
  5. alleysful
  6. alleyway
  7. alleywayed
  8. alleyways
  9. allez oop
  10. allez-oop
  11. allez-up

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: alleyway (page history and authors); गली (Hindi) (page history and authors); alleyway (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); گلی (Urdu) (page history and authors); ഊടുവഴി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); گلی (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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