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companionway

companionway noun: a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship.

Noun

companionway (plural companionways)

  1. A staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship.
    • I went up the steerage companionway two steps at a time, with nothing distinct in my mind except joy and the hope that Maud would sleep on until the surprise breakfast was quite ready for her.1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

Forms of companionway

pluralcompanionways

Origin of companionway

From companion + way.

Questions about companionway

What does companionway mean?
Companionway means a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship.
What part of speech is companionway?
Companionway is a noun.
What is the plural of companionway?
The plural of companionway is companionways.

Words near companionway in the dictionary

  1. companionlessness
  2. companionly
  3. companions
  4. companionship
  5. companionships
  6. companionway
  7. companionways
  8. companisation
  9. companisations
  10. companization
  11. companizations

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