Definition of passageway

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

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Alley :: Alley (n.) A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
Corridor :: Corridor (n.) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.
Strait :: Strait (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (v. t.) To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river..
Avenue :: Avenue (n.) The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered..
Caponiere :: Caponiere (n.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway..
Manway :: Manway (n.) A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through..
Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..
Pipe :: Pipe (n.) A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
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..
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..
Passageway :: Passageway (n.) A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5..
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..
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..
Pore :: Pore (v.) A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones..
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..
Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..
Port :: Port (n.) A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal.
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..
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