pass-through

or pass·through

[ pas-throo, pahs- ]

noun

1. a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
2. a place through which one passes or is obliged to pass:

   Motorists used the park as a pass-through. The new gate will be a pass-through for security clearance.

3. passalong.

adjective

1. denoting a pass-through; passalong.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pass-through¹

1950–55, Americanism; noun and adj. use of verb phrase pass through

Example Sentences

They would travel by train, and the trains would pass through Dresden, the East German city closest to Prague.

From The Daily Beast

Or the road to 52 might well have to pass through Louisiana and Georgia.

From The Daily Beast

Vehicles doubtless still pass through the many side-roads in the area, but the two trunk routes from the border are both blocked.

From The Daily Beast

He pressed a button, letting the electricity pass through and the vaporizing to begin.

From The Daily Beast

When you pass through a set of glass doors, you cross the frontier between the two hospitals.

From The Daily Beast

Every evening, at sunset, the gates were closed, and during the night no one was allowed to pass through in either direction.

From Project Gutenberg

And shall pass through Juda, overflowing, and going over shall reach even to the neck.

From Project Gutenberg

Both the others pass through N, and show money circulating twice out of bank.

From Project Gutenberg

Of course the more cold air admitted to pass through the fire, the more heat carried to the top of the stack.

From Project Gutenberg

Here they enter red corpuscles as young malarial parasites, and the majority pass through the asexual cycle just described.

From Project Gutenberg

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