bystreet

noun

Definition of bystreetnext
as in walkway

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  1. walkway
  2. passageway
  3. alley
  4. alleyway
  5. street
  6. bypath
  7. byway
Noun
  • The stunning front entry makes a statement with an arched portico, columns, a bluestone walkway, stone surrounds and sidelights on both sides of the custom front door, all framed by hydrangeas and daylilies.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
  • Today, the elevated walkway is illuminated at night, serving as a dazzling photo op.
    — Savannah Born, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
Definition of walkway
Noun
  • Odysseus and his crew must navigate the passageway between both Scylla and Charybdis.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • Attached to the home via a passageway, but with a separate entrance on Chicago Avenue, this addition included an office, a double-height drafting room with a balcony on the upper level, a reception hall, and a library.
    — River Davies, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2026
Definition of passageway
Noun
  • His fast and powerful first step at the snap can quickly wreck protection plans, forcing linemen into compromising positions that open up attack alleys for other members of Denver’s talented front seven.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Hernandez was an unhoused woman who had been using the alley as shelter, per the SFPD.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of alley
Noun
  • Bocca Osteria Romana, tucked away off South Main Street in an alleyway, focuses on authentic Italian food.
    — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
  • The boy escaped the alleyway and ran to tell his mother what had happened and to notify the police.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Definition of alleyway
Noun
  • The picture will brighten considerably if one of those players, Macario, who wore street clothes, can make it back this season and show the form that earned her the largest contract in NWSL history.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
  • That evening, midnight-shift officers spotted the animal trotting on a residential street in the area and slowly pursued it in a patrol vehicle, some of which was shown in a short video clip the police department posted on social media Friday.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
Definition of street
Noun
  • The new focus on the canals was rehabilitation by master plan, with every planter positioned, every café table in conformity with rules of access, every bypath checked for liability, every inspiration — however lovely — thrashed out by committee.
    — Longreads, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
Definition of bypath
Noun
  • As the gateway to Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park, Trenton serves as the unofficial starting point for the byway.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
  • Although little known outside western Pennsylvania, this historic byway remains central not only to American history but also American innovation.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
Definition of byway
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