alleyway

noun

al·​ley·​way ˈa-lē-ˌwā How to pronounce alleyway (audio)
1
: a narrow passageway
2

Examples of alleyway in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The suspects fled into an alleyway behind the store after taking an undisclosed amount of money from the store, according to the release. Sadie Lacicero, arkansasonline.com, 29 July 2024 Outside his 11th floor office window, Ramsey would watch a daily scene of people suffering from drug addiction cleared from an alleyway so schoolchildren could pass by. Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024 Whispered asides and flurries of tense laughter bounced around the alleyway, punctuated repeatedly by two words: The Hancock. Taran Dugal, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024 Filippelli and his colleagues analyzed a database of over 15,500 soil samples from various residential yards, backyards, gardens, and alleyways across 16 U.S. cities. Alyssa Hui, Health, 11 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for alleyway 

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Word History

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of alleyway was in 1788

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“Alleyway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alleyway. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

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alleyway

noun
al·​ley·​way ˈal-ē-ˌwā How to pronounce alleyway (audio)

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