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
  • Educational information about cannabis lines the first walkway, leading to a small staircase descending to the fun zone.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2026
  • Adjacent to the park is a beautiful neoclassical Catholic church and a lineup of restaurants with tables that spill out onto the park’s walkways and plazas.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 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
  • Standout among those streets is the neighbourhood of Shamibag in Dhaka, which is home to FIFA Goli (alley or lane in Bangla), which has been organised by Al Amin Hossain Robin.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Anyone who can find the friendly little spot — through a bending alley, into an undistinguished building and up three flights of stairs — deserves a drink.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 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
  • Standout among those streets is the neighbourhood of Shamibag in Dhaka, which is home to FIFA Goli (alley or lane in Bangla), which has been organised by Al Amin Hossain Robin.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Japanese festivals often serve as ways for deities to be brought into the streets for sacred or ritual purposes while also bringing communities together in celebration.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 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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