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- Dictionaryal·ley/ˈalē/
noun
- 1. a narrow passageway between or behind buildings: "he took a short cut along an alley"
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The meaning of ALLEY is a garden or park walk bordered by trees or bushes. How to use alley in a sentence.
ALLEY definition: 1. a narrow road or path between buildings: 2. a path in a park or garden, especially with trees…. Learn more.
An alley or alleyway is a narrow passage or street with buildings or walls on both sides.
ALLEY meaning: 1. a narrow road or path between buildings: 2. a path in a park or garden, especially with trees…. Learn more.
Definition of alley noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. Alley comes from the Old French word alee, meaning "a path, passage, way, corridor," which itself likely comes from the Latin word ambulare "to walk."
2. / ˈælɪ / noun. a narrow lane or passage, esp one between or behind buildings. See bowling alley. tennis the space between the singles and doubles sidelines. a walk in a park or garden, esp one lined with trees or bushes. up one's alley or down one's alley.
What does the noun alley mean? There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun alley, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. alley has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
noun: (between buildings) (enge) Gasse; (between gardens) Weg m, Pfad m; (in garden) Laubengang m; (= bowling alley, skittle alley) Bahn f [...]
Alley definition: A narrow street or passageway between or behind city buildings.
