alley

Meaning

1. A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
2. The area between the outfielders.
3. An establishment where bowling is played.
4. An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
5. The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
6. A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
7. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
8. Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
9. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
10. (informal) A group of clowns; the collective noun for clowns.

Synonyms

lane

alleyway

path

🛣️

street

side street

passage

road

🛣️

back street

avenue

corridor

bowling alley

aisle

skittle alley

track

trail

pathway

walk

🚶

footpath

footway

gangway

ignorant

railway

recess

rink

service

sideway

side-street

trajectory

tunnel

underpass

way

by-road

narrow path

rail line

road corner

passage-way

access

by-lane

narrow backstreet

alameda

alcove

byway

channel

circuit

closed circuit

closed path

complete

corner

course

court

edifice

flight

✈️

garden walk

line

mall

piste

racecourse

racetrack

raceway

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæ.li/

Etymology

From Middle English aley, from Old French alee, feminine of alé, past participle of aler (“to go”) (French aller). Doublet of allée.