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Companionway

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Nautical A staircase leading from a deck to the cabins or area below.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a staircase leading to the cabin.

n. a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The staircase at the entrance to a ship's cabin.

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

n. a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship

Word Usage

"Once, polishing the brasswork on the hand-rails of the cabin companionway, Daughtry overheard the ancient one explaining his terrible scar and missing fingers to Grimshaw and the Armenian"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stairway staircase

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

stairs passageway

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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