crawlways

noun

plural of crawlway
as in tunnels

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  1. tunnels
  2. caves
  3. caverns
  4. galleries
Noun
  • There’s a pleasant absurdity to the advertisements for JAŸ-Z30 that are currently found across New York’s subway tunnels.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026
  • The storm surge that flooded lower Manhattan inundated streets, subway tunnels and water and sewage lines.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of tunnels
Noun
  • Kids can explore old mining caves and marvel at a shipwreck washed ashore.
    — Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2026
  • The caves are adorned with 60-metre-long stalactites which descend from the roof like mesmerising aliens.
    — James Rampton, TheWeek, 9 July 2026
Definition of caves
Noun
  • Discoverers Of Raccoon Mountain Caverns Of course, the caverns pre-date human discovery, but their benefits were being enjoyed even before the caverns were opened.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
  • Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of caverns
Noun
  • The show reads as a curious experiment in intra-museum diplomacy, tucked into four modest rooms that bridge the Islamic and European galleries.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Shoppers should head to nearby Old Town Plaza, where the 400-year-old square and historic buildings offer boutiques and galleries with finds both fine and kitschy.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026
Definition of galleries
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