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passageway

/ˈpæ.sɪdʒˌweɪ/

passageway noun: a covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.

passageway: a covered walkway, between rooms or buildings
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Noun

passageway (plural passageways)

  1. A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
    • The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus
  2. Any way for passing in, out or through something.
    • The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Glasgow Suburban”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660

passageway meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam

passageway in Hindi

covered walkway
गलियारा galiyārā

passageway in Urdu

گزر گاہ

passageway in Malayalam

passage, corridor, hall
ഇടനാഴി, നടപ്പാത, ചവിട്ടുവഴി, പാത, പ്രവേശനമുറി, മാർഗ്ഗം
lane, alley, alleyway
ഉപവീഥി, താര, വഴിത്താര, ഊടുപാത, ഇടവഴി, എടവഴി

Examples of passageway in a sentence

  • Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
  • The obese woman couldn't ease her bulk through the narrow passageway.
  • The passageway was so tight we could barely get through.

All 17 example sentences with passageway

Forms of passageway

pluralpassageways

Plural of passageway: passageways

Origin of passageway

From passage + way.

Questions about passageway

What does passageway mean?
Passageway means a covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
What is passageway in Hindi?
Passageway in Hindi is गलियारा (galiyārā). See Passageway meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is passageway?
Passageway is a noun.
How do you pronounce passageway?
Passageway is pronounced /ˈpæ.sɪdʒˌweɪ/.
What is the plural of passageway?
The plural of passageway is passageways.

Words near passageway in the dictionary

  1. passagemakers
  2. passager
  3. passagers
  4. passages
  5. passages of arms
  6. passageway
  7. passageways
  8. passagework
  9. passageworks
  10. passaggi
  11. passaggio

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: passageway (page history and authors); passageway (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); passageway (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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