alley

alley
    n 1: a narrow street with walls on both sides [syn: {alley},
         {alleyway}, {back street}]
    2: a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins [syn:
       {bowling alley}, {alley}, {skittle alley}]
    

Alley \Al"ley\, n.; pl. {Alleys}. [A contraction of alabaster,
   of which it was originally made.]
   A choice taw or marble. --Dickens.
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Alley \Al"ley\, n.; pl. {Alleys}. [OE. aley, alley, OF. al['e]e,
   F. all['e]e, a going, passage, fr. OE. aler, F. aller, to go;
   of uncertain origin: cf. Prov. anar, It. andare, Sp. andar.]
   1. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden
      or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered
      way.
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            I know each lane and every alley green. --Milton.
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   2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a
      public street. --Gay.
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   3. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
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   4. (Persp.) Any passage having the entrance represented as
      wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of
      length.
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   5. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a
      printing office.
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108 Moby Thesaurus words for "alley":
      Autobahn, US highway, access, aisle, alleyway, ambulatory,
      aperture, arcade, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street,
      artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley,
      boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway, causeway,
      causey, channel, chaussee, circumferential, cloister, close,
      colonnade, communication, conduit, connection, corduroy road,
      corridor, county road, court, covered way, crescent, cul-de-sac,
      dead-end street, defile, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway, exit,
      expressway, ferry, ford, freeway, gallery, gravel road, highroad,
      highway, highways and byways, inlet, interchange, intersection,
      interstate highway, junction, lane, local road, main drag,
      main road, mews, motorway, opening, outlet, overpass, parkway,
      pass, passage, passageway, pave, paved road, pike, place,
      plank road, portico, primary highway, private road,
      railroad tunnel, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway,
      route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway,
      state highway, street, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare,
      through street, thruway, toll road, township road, traject, trajet,
      tunnel, turnpike, underpass, wynd