alley

al·ley ¹  (l)

n. pl. al·leys

1. A narrow street or passageway between or behind city buildings.

2. A path between flower beds or trees in a garden or park.

3. Sports

a. A straight narrow course or track, especially a bowling alley.

b. Either of the parallel lanes at the sides of a tennis court, which widen the inbounds area for doubles play.

Idiom:

up (one's) alley Informal

Compatible with one's interests or qualifications: an assignment that is right up your alley.

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[Middle English alei, from Old French alee, from aler, to walk, from Latin ambulre; see ambulate.]

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al·ley ²  (l)

n. pl. al·leys Games

A large playing marble, often used as the shooter.

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[Short for alabaster.]

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alley

Noun

1. a narrow passage between or behind buildings

2.

a. a building containing lanes for tenpin bowling

b. a long narrow wooden lane down which the ball is rolled in tenpin bowling

3. a path in a garden, often lined with trees [Old French alee]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	alley - a narrow street with walls on both sides alleyway, back street street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
	2.	alley - a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins skittle alley, bowling alley bowling equipment - equipment used in bowling lane - a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic foul line - a line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross

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alley

noun passage, walk, lane, pathway, alleyway, passageway, backstreet

Translations

alley [ˈælɪ] n (= street) → callejuela;

(in garden) → paseo

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alley [ˈælɪ] n → ruelle f;

(in garden) → allée f

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alley [ˈælɪ] n → Gasse f

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alley [ˈælɪ] n → vicolo;

(in garden) → vialetto

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alley

n alley [ˈӕli]

1 (oftenˈalleyway) a narrow street in a city etc (usually not wide enough for vehicles). steeg زِقَاق тясна уличка ulička smøge; baggade die Gasse στενό, σοκάκι callejuela kitsas tänav, kuja کوچه kuja ruelle סִמְטָה पगडण्डी uličica sikátor, köz lorong, gang sund vicolo 小道 골목길 gatvelė, skersgatvis aleja; šaura ieliņa lorong kecil steeg smug, bakgate uliczka viela alee аллея; переулок ulička uličica prolaz (između zgrada) gränd, prång ตรอก dar sokak 小巷 алея گلی کوچہ ngõ 小巷

2 a long narrow area used for the games of bowling or skittles a bowling alley. baan مَجاز لُعْبَة البولِنْغ пътека dráha (pro kuželky apod.) bane die Bahn διάδρομος μπόουλιγκ pista keeglirada مسیر بازی که توپ در آن حرکت می کند keilarata bowling מִגְרַש בָּאוּלִינג वीथिका staza tekepálya jalur bowling braut corsia レーン (볼링의) 레인 takas bumbotava lorong kegelbaan bane tor pista culoar дорожка dráha (na kolky ap.) (kegljaška) steza uličica bana เลนโบว์ลิ่ง dar ve uzun alan (保齡球)球道 кегельбан روش bãi đánh ki （保龄球）球道