alleyway

noun

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

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Police found his car in an alleyway, and inside was a notebook with traces of pepper spray on it, as well as the siblings’ fingerprints, officials said. Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025 Its windows look out across an alleyway toward the West Wing. Brian Bennett, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025 While most of Tyre’s 125,000 residents fled during the war, the city’s Christian quarter, nestled alongside the harbor with its winding alleyways, was one of the few neighborhoods where some people remained. Euan Ward, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024 Israeli bulldozers have demolished large swaths of the Jenin refugee camp and appeared to be clearing wide roads through its previously narrow alleyways, Reuters reported, with thousands of Palestinians leaving their homes in Jenin and nearby Tulkarm. Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alleyway

Word History

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
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 1 Apr. 2025.

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alleyway

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

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