areaway
Americannoun
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a sunken area leading to a cellar or basement entrance, or in front of basement or cellar windows.
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a passageway, especially one between buildings.
noun
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a passageway between parts of a building or between different buildings
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See area
Etymology
Origin of areaway
Example Sentences
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They reached an areaway, separated from the consulate by an iron fence, just as three Russians burst out of the consulate's back door.
From Time Magazine Archive
I left the kitchen and went into the back areaway to breathe.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
First he looked into the areaway of the Gladwin home and then his eye travelled up the wide balustraded stoop to the ornamental bronze doors.
From Officer 666 by Currie, Barton Wood
Mrs. Schrimm said as she bustled out to the areaway and slammed the door.
From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague
“Candy! candy!” he yelled, darting out at them from an areaway.
From The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did by Hill, Grace Brooks
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