passageway

noun

pas·​sage·​way ˈpa-sij-ˌwā How to pronounce passageway (audio)
: a way that allows passage

Examples of passageway in a Sentence

the passageway to the other side of the office
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Seemingly supernatural encounters, locked rooms and secret passageways tease the question of whether the house is truly haunted, or whether the long-ago death was actually a murder. Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024 Boasting over seven play areas, including a secret passageway with a slide, dorm room, bathroom, creepateria, and a classroom, this is not your typical doll house. Toby Rose, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024 The farm town of Dixon, population 19,000, made its mark in mazes about 20 years ago — about the time corn mazes began to take off across the U.S. thanks to new computer programming that helps farmers plot out massive labyrinths with a sinuous web of passageways. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024 Regardless of whether the wall is straight or not, those separate passageways are like twins who look alike but work different schedules. Gwen Rockwood The Rockwood Files, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for passageway 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1606, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of passageway was circa 1606

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“Passageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passageway. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

passageway

noun
pas·​sage·​way -ˌwā How to pronounce passageway (audio)
: a road or way by which a person or thing may pass

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