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noun
- 1. a narrow passageway between or behind buildings: "he took a short cut along an alley"
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ALLEY definition: 1. a narrow road or path between buildings: 2. a path in a park or garden, especially with trees…. Learn more.
: an extensive region where destructive natural phenomena of a specified type (such as tornadoes) occur often or are likely to occur. The most obvious tornado alley extends from the plains of northwest Texas eastward into north Texas and then northward across Oklahoma, Kansas, and eastern Nebraska. Tom Konvicka.
Alley definition: a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.. See examples of ALLEY used in a sentence.
the narrow track along which balls are rolled during a game of bowling: Bowling alleys are traditionally made of maple. in tennis, the long, thin areas at each side of the court (= playing area): She was standing in the alley to receive the service.
1. A narrow street or passageway between or behind city buildings. 2. A path between flower beds or trees in a garden or park. 3. Sports. a. A straight narrow course or track, especially a bowling alley. b. Either of the parallel lanes at the sides of a tennis court, which widen the inbounds area for doubles play. Idiom: up (one's) alley Informal.
An alley is a narrow street with walls or buildings on both sides, like the dark alley everyone warns you not to walk down alone. Alley comes from the Old French word alee, meaning "a path, passage, way, corridor," which itself likely comes from the Latin word ambulare "to walk."
Definition of alley noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
