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passageway

English

Etymology

passage +? way

Noun

passageway (plural passageways)

  1. A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
    • 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
      The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.
  2. Any way for passing in, out or through something.

Translations

passageway From the web:

  • what passageway contains ceruminous glands
  • what passageway leads to the tympanic cavity
  • what passageways where chemicals are made
  • what passageways are shared by foods and liquids
  • what passageway is the oval window connected to
  • what do ceruminous glands secrete
  • where are ceruminous glands found
  • what does ceruminous glands secrete

throughgang

English

Alternative forms

  • through-gang

Etymology

From Middle English *thurgh-gang, from Old English *þurhgang (“a going through, permeation”), equivalent to through- +? gang. Compare Old English þurhgangan (“to go through, go over”), Old High German durhgangan, Gothic ???????????????????????????????????????????? (þairhgaggan).

Noun

throughgang (plural throughgangs)

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway

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