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Word entry · 7 letters

gangway

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"Ship aisle"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæŋweɪ/Part of speech nounSorted aaggnwyStarts with GEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores

Word origin

From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).

Used in a sentence

  • The new fleet of trains comes with widened gangways and improved seating.
  • Morris then allegedly tried to flee into a gangway between the bar and another building, closing a gate on an officer as he did
  • We came over on the usual mid-morning service from Victoria and this time, as we came down the gangway of the Invicta, the Shedmaster at Calais, M. Leclerc, and Henri Dutertre were waiting for us.

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