areaway
[ air-ee-uh-wey ]
noun
a sunken area leading to a cellar or basement entrance, or in front of basement or cellar windows.
a passageway, especially one between buildings.
Origin of areaway
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How to use areaway in a sentence
From areaways up and down the Avenue forms emerged furtively, walked discreetly to corners and skurried down side streets.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for areaway
areaway
/ (ˈɛərɪəˌweɪ) /
noun
a passageway between parts of a building or between different buildings
See area (def. 7)
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