passageway

[ pas-ij-wey ]

/ ˈpæs ɪdʒˌweɪ /

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noun

a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.

a corridor on a ship.

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Origin of passageway

First recorded in 1640–50; passage¹ + way¹

SYNONYMS FOR passageway

1. passage, access, path, walk.

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Examples from the Web for passageway

What had once been her passageway to freedom, at least of the intellectual kind, eventually became her prison.
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun|Katie Baker|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pistorius said that as he headed down the passageway, he heard a “door slam.”
Oscar Pistorius’s Sobbing Fit On The Witness Stand|Kelly Berold|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bratton rode down to the Broadway-Lafayette station and took a passageway to the Bleecker Street stop.
My Patrol With the NYPD’s Bill Bratton|Michael Daly|March 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The parents waited by the passageway where all arrivals in that part of the terminal were funneled.
A Tale of Thanksgiving Triumph|Michael Daly|November 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Then a man holding an automatic pistol appeared from a passageway between two buildings.
Jonylah Watkins, Gunned Down in Chicago, Was a ‘Happy Baby’|Michael Daly|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Straight down the passageway it sped and a tremendous explosion instantly occurred.
Fighting in France|Ross Kay
He wanted to get back into the passageway, and he did not want the German to see him doing it.
The Boy Scouts In Russia|John Blaine
Red grabbed him by trousers and collar and heaved him into the passageway.
Bar-20 Days|Clarence E. Mulford
Then we entered the car, rose to the top of the passageway, and discovered you.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930|Various
Gold was there, on all sides of the passageway--enough to make him rich for life!
Jack North's Treasure Hunt|Roy Rockwood

British Dictionary definitions for passageway

passageway

/ (ˈpæsɪdʒˌweɪ) /

noun

a way, esp one in or between buildings; passage

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Word Origin and History for passageway

passageway

1640s, American English, from passage + way.

passageway

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