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areaway

[ air-ee-uh-wey ]

noun

  1. a sunken area leading to a cellar or basement entrance, or in front of basement or cellar windows.
  2. a passageway, especially one between buildings.


areaway

/ ˈɛərɪəˌweɪ /

noun

  1. a passageway between parts of a building or between different buildings
  2. See area
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of areaway1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; area + way 1
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Example Sentences

She directed the detective along a narrow areaway at the side of the house, and in a moment reappeared at the back door.

Across the way a slinking shadow left the sidewalk and blended indistinguishably with the crowded shadows of an areaway.

Across the street the voluntary shadow detached itself from cover in the areaway, and skulked after him.

All this while, across the street, in the shadow of an areaway, stood a man in a mackintosh and a felt hat drawn well down.

She went out of the quarters, crossed the areaway, and stood under the landing slot.

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