Aisle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A part of a church divided laterally from the nave by a row of pillars or columns.
  • n. A passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane.
  • n. A passageway for inside traffic, as in a department store, warehouse, or supermarket.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
  • n. A clear path through rows of seating.
  • n. A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
  • n. Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.
  • n. Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.
  • n. Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Properly, a lateral subdivision of a church, parallel to the nave, choir, or transept, from which it is divided by piers or columns, and often surmounted by a gallery.
  • In heraldry, winged or having wings.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
  • n. a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
  • n. part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    passageway    passage    area   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    body    alley    isle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Argyll    Kyle    Marseille    Mikhail    Niall    Nile    Pyle    Theil    Weil    Weill   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nave    corridor    avenue    porch    staircase    gallery    vault    courtyard    chapel    alley