Definition of passageway

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Passageway (n.) A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5..

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Lobby :: Lobby (n.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
Corridor :: Corridor (n.) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.
Avenue :: Avenue (n.) The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered..
Lane :: Lane (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice..
Labyrinth :: Labyrinth (n.) An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening..
Gate :: Gate (n.) A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed..
Caponiere :: Caponiere (n.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway..
Open :: Open (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead..
Passageway :: Passageway (n.) A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5..
Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal..
Pore :: Pore (v.) A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones..
Arcade :: Arcade (n.) An arched or covered passageway or avenue.
Hall :: Hall (n.) Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.
Shutter :: Shutter (n.) A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle..
Port :: Port (n.) A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass..
Port :: Port (n.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face..
Yawn :: Yawn (n.) A chasm, mouth, or passageway..
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