alleyway
Plural: alleyways
Noun
- A narrow passage or lane, especially one between buildings.
- a narrow street with walls on both sides
- A narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.
- A passage between two rows of cabins in a ship.
Examples
- He opened up a new alleyway for scoring with that impressive parallel play.
Origin / Etymology
From alley + way.
Synonyms
alley, back street, alleyway, backs, bunnyrun, chare, chore, close, ennog, entry, fold, gangway, gant, gennel, ginnel, gitty, gully, gullyway, gunnel, hocket, jennel, jigger, jitty, lane, laneway, loke, passage, pend, rabbit run, shut, snickelway, snicket, tenfoot, twitchel, twitten, vennel, wynd
Scrabble Score: 17
alleyway: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordalleyway: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
alleyway: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary