gangway
Plural: gangways
Noun
- A passageway or opening, especially for going on or off a ship.
- a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
- a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
- passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
- A passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings.
- An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
- A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
- A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.
- An aisle.
- A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
- A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded.
- An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.
- The narrow space between two buildings or houses, used to access the backyard/alleyway from the front.
- A passageway through a passenger car
Verb
- To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.
Intj
- Make way! Clear a path!
Examples
- He cleared the GANGWAY on the board, creating space for a future bingo.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).
Synonyms
aisle, gangboard, gangplank, alley, 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: 15
gangway: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgangway: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gangway: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary