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View usage for: (æli) Word forms: plural alleys1. countable nounAn alley is a narrow passage or street with buildings or walls on both sides. Synonyms: passage, walk, lane, pathway More Synonyms of alley 2. See also blind alley, bowling alley alley in British English 1 (ˈælɪ) noun1. a narrow lane or passage, esp one between or behind buildings 2. bowling alley 3. tennis, mainly US the space between the singles and doubles sidelines 4. a walk in a park or garden, esp one lined with trees or bushes 5. up one's alley Word origin C14: from Old French alee, from aler to go, ultimately from Latin ambulāre to walk alley in British English 2 (ˈælɪ) Word origin C18: shortened and changed from alabasteralley in American English 1 (ˈæli) nounWord forms: plural ˈalleys1. a lane in a garden or park, bordered by trees or shrubs 2. a narrow street or walk, specif., a lane behind or alongside a row of buildings or between two rows of buildings that face on adjacent streets 3. Baseball the part of the outfield between center field and either left field or right field : also power alley 4. Bowling lane1 (sense 6) lane1 (sense 6a) lane1 (sense 6b) 5. Tennis either of the narrow lanes, on opposite sides of the court, that extend the singles area for playing doubles Idioms: up someone's alley Word origin ME aly < OFr alee < aler (Fr aller), to go < ML alare, contr. < L ambulare, to walk: see amble alley in American English 2 (ˈæli) nounWord forms: plural ˈalleys a fine marble used as the shooter in playing marbles Word origin < alabaster, formerly used for marbles More idioms containingalley be right up someone's alley a blind alley COBUILD Collocationsalley dark alley Examples of 'alley' in a sentencealley There's a bowling alley with a glass wall giving sea views.To the local bowling alley.We need to support them rather than trapping them in blind alleys designed to contain them,' he said.Above the river it is a filthy web of alleys and lanes crammed with humanity.That is what the bowling alley can provide.The narrow alleys are lined with iron balconies and lively with the chatter of drinkers and shoppers.Passes went astray with a monotonous regularity while players often ran down blind alleys.Dance halls and bowling alleys refused them entry.Many of the avenues that brilliant researchers choose to pursue will turn out to be blind alleys.But this intimacy is a far cry from what we knew in the bowling alley.All this has transpired for want of spending some time in the bowling alley.Character animations are fluid and the streets and back alleys all have a sense of life about them.That city concept is not to be thought of street signs and roads and curbs and gutters and parks and alleys.You know that you wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley.Fun that doesn't involve dark alleys or the dangers of the night.The survivors couldn't manoeuvre their armoured personnel carriers down the narrow sandy alleys.I thought these guys were getting their drugs in dark alleys and from the boots of cars.We like exploring dark alleys.The "shop' was a truck parked in an alley, filled with beautiful suits.He is parked in an alley across from the London hotel, one of his favourite haunts.This means that you can release yourself without difficulty while parked up a narrow alley, but it means so much more than that as well.At its heart are more than 300 listed buildings and a maze of narrow streets and alleys little changed since the 15th century. British English: alley / ˈælɪ/ NOUN An alley or alleyway is a narrow passage or street with buildings or walls on both sides. - American English: alley
- Arabic: زُقَاق
- Brazilian Portuguese: viela
- Chinese: 胡同
- Croatian: aleja
- Czech: ulička
- Danish: gyde
- Dutch: steegje
- European Spanish: callejón
- Finnish: kuja
- French: allée
- German: Gasse
- Greek: δρομάκι
- Italian: vicolo
- Japanese: 路地
- Korean: 골목
- Norwegian: bakgate
- Polish: uliczka
- European Portuguese: viela
- Romanian: alee
- Russian: аллея
- Latin American Spanish: callejón
- Swedish: gränd
- Thai: ตรอก
- Turkish: dar sokak
- Ukrainian: алея
- Vietnamese: ngõ
All related terms of 'alley'Chinese translation of 'alley' n (c) - (= street)
小巷 (xiǎoxiàng) (条(條), tiáo)
Definition a narrow passage between or behind buildings The citadel is reached through a series of narrow alleys. Additional synonymsDefinition a narrow passage with buildings or walls on both sides The robbers ran off down an alleyway. Synonyms passage, walk, lane, alley, pathway, passageway, backstreet Definition a narrow road, esp. in the country a quiet country lane Synonyms road, street, track, path, strip, way, passage, trail, pathway, footpath, passageway, thoroughfareDefinition corridor or passage an underground passageway that connects the two buildings Synonyms corridor, passage, hallway, hall, lane, lobby, entrance, exit, alley, aisle, wynd (Scottish) |