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Alley

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A choice taw or large playing-marble. Also spelled ally.
  • noun. A passage; especially, a narrow passage.
  • noun. A narrow passage or way in a town, as distinct from a public street. In a printing-office, the space between two rows of composing-stands, in which compositors work at the cases on the stands.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.
  • noun. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.
  • noun. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
  • noun. Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
  • noun. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
  • noun. A choice taw or marble.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A glass marble or taw.
  • noun. A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
  • noun. The area between the outfielders, the gap.
  • noun. An establishment where bowling is played; bowling alley.
  • noun. The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
  • noun. a narrow street with walls on both sides
  • Word Usage
    "***sound ob door slamminging az teh alley cat heads down teh……well……alley***"
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lane  street  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Allie  Cali  Challis  Halle  Halley  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aisle  alleyway  avenue  building  canyon  
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    Words with the same meaning