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   alley

   /ˈali/

   noun

   • 1. a narrow passageway between or behind buildings: "he took a short cut along an alley"
   • ▪ a path lined with trees, bushes, or stones: "alleys of standing stones"
   • ▪ a long, narrow area in which games such as skittles and bowling are played: "a skittle alley"
   • ▪ either of the two side strips between the singles sideline and the sidelines which count as part of the court in a doubles match.
   • ▪ the area between the outfielders in left-centre or right-centre field.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French alee ‘walking or passage’, from aler ‘go’, from Latin ambulare ‘to walk’.

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   See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. alley has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. horticulture (Middle English) architecture (Middle English) church architecture (Middle English) bowling (mid 1500s) finance (early 1700s) invertebrates (1830s) printing and typography (1870s) tennis (1900s) See ...

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   What is the definition of an alley?

   • An alley is defined as a private or public right-of-way having a typical width of at least ten feet, but generally no more than twenty feet. It affords only secondary means of access to abutting properties and is not intended for general traffic circulation.

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   What does ally mean?

   • beco, viela, ruela… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! ALLEY definition: 1. a narrow road or path between buildings: 2. a path in a park or garden, especially with trees….

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   What is a narrow alley?

   • Definition of alley noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary ) a narrow passage behind or between buildings a narrow/dark alley The car was hidden down a narrow alley downtown. He ran down one of the dark alleys behind the store. see blind alley, bowling alley Want to learn more?

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   What is a blind alley?

   • The blind alleys are most of what science actually does. Early psychologists tempted rats with tricky blind alleys and wrong turns using contraptions built by hand, of wood and wire. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   What is a bowling alley made of?

   • Bowling alleys are traditionally made of maple. She was standing in the alley to receive the service. The drive went deep into the alley. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: I ran down the alley and up the back stairs.

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   Where are tornado alleys located?

   • 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 These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage.

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   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.