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# alleyway

«alleyway» in Mova's school dictionary: **A narrow path or lane between or behind buildings** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (alleyway, alleyways)

### meaning for a pupil

A narrow path or lane between or behind buildings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleyway/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories alleyways are often dark, secret or spooky; in safety lessons children are told to avoid dark alleyways alone. Also a short cut in towns.

### examples

- We took the alleyway behind the shops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleyway/#x1)
- The cat disappeared down the alleyway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleyway/#x2)
- Stay on the main road, not in dark alleyways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleyway/#x3)
- The bins are kept in the alleyway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleyway/#x4)
- The detective followed footprints into the alleyway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleyway/#x5)
- Our street has an alleyway to the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleyway/#x6)

### note

Same as «alley». In northern England you may hear «ginnel» or «snicket»; in Scotland «close» or «wynd».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alleyway» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleyway/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.