Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A narrow passage between buildings.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A short alley; a lane or narrow passage of small extent, as between two houses.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An alley.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.
  • noun A passage between two rows of cabins in a ship.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a narrow street with walls on both sides

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Examples

  • Guess what they call the alleyway outside our workshop.

    Vampire a Go-Go Victor Gischler 2009

  • Guess what they call the alleyway outside our workshop.

    Vampire a Go-Go Victor Gischler 2009

  • Guess what they call the alleyway outside our workshop.

    Vampire a Go-Go Victor Gischler 2009

  • Guess what they call the alleyway outside our workshop.

    Vampire a Go-Go Victor Gischler 2009

  • "This is what you call the alleyway?" questioned Coquenil.

    Through the Wall Cleveland Moffett 1894

  • A kiss in the shadows of an alleyway is completely different to one on theme park ride, or at a family picnic.

    Kiss and Tell – How to Write a Kissing Scene. « Write Anything 2010

  • William Pitman, of Pitman Massage Therapy, based at North Lakes Clinic, on the Main Street, says the alleyway, which is used by customers and pedestrians walking to the nearby Sainsbury's supermarket, is well used.

    News round-up 2010

  • In addition there are four rental condos (already occupied) overlooking the newly-paved alleyway, which is a most-welcome addition to the town's improving roadway system - thanks to Columbine Hills Concrete and Paving, owned by locals Scott Downen and Al Scheibe, who not long ago purchased the Galena Street Mountain Inn and then completely renovated it.

    Summit Daily News - Top Stories 2008

  • Bukow5ki was ordered back to the wheel, and by the pale wintry light he followed the two lead trucks up a kind of alleyway between the barracks, arriving at last at the gateway to another solidly built structure, where a man with an unforgettable face awaited.

    Poland Michener, James 1983

  • This way I learned there was a separate exit, a kind of alleyway leading to a subterranean car park.

    The Vatican Rip Gash, Jonathan 1981

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