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noun
- 1. a raised platform or walkway providing a passage.
exclamation
- 1. make way!; get out of the way!
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The meaning of GANGWAY is passageway; especially : a temporary way of planks. How to use gangway in a sentence.
GANGWAY definition: 1. a passage between rows of seats, for example in a cinema or bus: 2. a board or passage that…. Learn more.
Gangway definition: a passageway, especially a narrow walkway.. See examples of GANGWAY used in a sentence.
GANGWAY meaning: 1. a passage between rows of seats, for example in a cinema or bus: 2. a board or passage that…. Learn more.
A walkway or passage, particularly one that's temporary or portable, is a gangway. After all that flooding, we may have to build a wooden gangway to get across the muddy field to the chicken coop. The planks rescue workers use to scale the rubble from an earthquake are one type of gangway.
The gangway is the passage between rows of seats, for example in a theatre or aircraft, for people to walk along. [ British ] A man in the gangway suddenly stood up to reach for something in the overhead locker.
1. a passageway, esp. a narrow walkway. 2. a. an opening in the railing or bulwark of a ship, as that into which a gangplank fits. b. gangplank. 3. Brit. an aisle in the House of Commons separating the more influential members of the political parties from the younger, less influential members.
Gangway Definition. găngwā. gangways. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Interjection. Filter. noun. gangways. A passageway for entering, leaving, or going past. Webster's New World. An opening in a vessel's bulwarks or railing that allows passage on or off. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
Definition of gangway noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
gangway. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Transport, Water gang‧way /ˈɡæŋweɪ/ noun [ countable] 1 a space between two rows of seats in a theatre, bus, or train SYN aisle 2 a large board or steps between a boat and the shore for people to walk down 3 → gangway!
