alley
IPA: ˈæɫi
noun
- A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
- (baseball) The area between the outfielders.
- (bowling) An establishment where bowling is played.
- (bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
- (tennis) The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
- A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
- A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
- (perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
- The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
- A marble (small ball used in games).
- A surname.
- A female given name
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Examples of "alley" in Sentences
- He is known as a lout of this alley.
- It is the widest alley in the old town.
- Texas is part of the Tornado Alley section.
- The Alley is in between the rock wall and the Rocks.
- Texas is part of the Tornado Alley section of the country.
- The girl follows the rabbit through the alley and into Puget.
- The Carnivore Alley is home to majority of the zoos carnivores.
- He would wait in the narrow and dimly lit alleys and courtyards.
- Along the waterfront north of the alley passes the quay Kanslikajen.
- These residential buildings are in narrow streets and alleys, making it near to impossible to provide emergency help in case of any mischance.
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