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areaway
[air-ee-uh-wey]
noun
a sunken area leading to a cellar or basement entrance, or in front of basement or cellar windows.
a passageway, especially one between buildings.
areaway
/ ˈɛəɪəˌɱɪ /
noun
a passageway between parts of a building or between different buildings
See area
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The new limits are meant to protect “areaways,” the hollow passages beneath Pioneer Square sidewalks created after the 1889 Great Seattle Fire, when settlers rebuilt streets one story higher than the original roads.
To protect areaways, the buses stay in the interior lanes.
It’s much cheaper than purchasing an areaway cover, if that’s the problem.
I left the kitchen and went into the back areaway to breathe.
Let's jump down, run alongside the house by the areaway, and get out on the street.
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