Alley

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A narrow street or passageway between or behind city buildings.
  • n. A path between flower beds or trees in a garden or park.
  • n. Sports A straight narrow course or track, especially a bowling alley.
  • n. Sports Either of the parallel lanes at the sides of a tennis court, which widen the inbounds area for doubles play.
  • idiom. up (one's) alley Informal Compatible with one's interests or qualifications: an assignment that is right up your alley.
  • n. Games A large playing marble, often used as the shooter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
  • n. The area between the outfielders, the gap.
  • n. An establishment where bowling is played; bowling alley.
  • n. The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
  • n. A glass marble or taw.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.
  • n. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.
  • n. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
  • n. Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
  • n. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
  • n. A choice taw or marble.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A passage; especially, a narrow passage.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A choice taw or large playing-marble. Also spelled ally.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
  • n. a narrow street with walls on both sides
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lane    street   
    Cross Reference
    bunnyrun    gunnel    passage    ginnel    alleyway    snicket    jennel    wynd    jitty    gennel   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    frescade    mall    lane    aisle    byway    taw   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Allie    Cali    Challis    Halle    Halley    Hally    Lally    Sallee    Sallie    Sally   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lane    tunnel    courtyard    corridor    avenue    street    thoroughfare    park    alleyway    hall