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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Unlike conventional designs, Cabin of Maze is designed to disorient, challenge, and surprise its habitants though its meandering corridors and passageways. New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025 Beneath Sforza Castle in Milan, researchers have discovered a series of secret tunnels—passageways once sketched by the Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci and traversed by a widower sick with grief. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025 Her new homely passageway features a doormat, letterbox, a wreath made up of leaves and a plant. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024 Key to the transformation was to remove the numerous escalators between the ground and upper floors to clear the central internal passageway and to convert the environment into something more akin to a modern-day arcade. Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 29 Nov. 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 Feb. 2025.

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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