alley (redirected from alleys)

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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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

alley [ˈælɪ] n → ruelle f;

(in garden) → allée f

alley [ˈælɪ] n → Gasse f

alley [ˈælɪ] n → vicolo;

(in garden) → vialetto

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alley

n alley [ˈӕli]

1 (often ˈalleyway) a narrow street in a city etc (usually not wide enough for vehicles). steegزِقَاقтясна уличкаuličkasmøge; baggadedie Gasseστενό, σοκάκιcallejuelakitsas tänav, kujaکوچهkujaruelleסִמְטָהपगडण्डीuličicasikátor, közlorong, gangsundvicolo小道골목길gatvelė, skersgatvisaleja; šaura ieliņalorong kecilsteegsmug, bakgateuliczkavielaaleeаллея; переулокuličkauličicaprolaz (između zgrada)gränd, prångตรอกdar sokak小巷алеяگلی کوچہngõ小巷

2 a long narrow area used for the games of bowling or skittles a bowling alley.baanمَجاز لُعْبَة البولِنْغпътекаdráha (pro kuželky apod.)banedie Bahnδιάδρομος μπόουλιγκpistakeegliradaمسیر بازی که توپ در آن حرکت می کندkeilaratabowlingמִגְרַש בָּאוּלִינגवीथिकाstazatekepályajalur bowlingbrautcorsiaレーン(볼링의) 레인takasbumbotavalorongkegelbaanbanetorpistaculoarдорожкаdráha (na kolky ap.)(kegljaška) stezauličicabanaเลนโบว์ลิ่งdar ve uzun alan(保齡球)球道кегельбанروشbãi đánh ki（保龄球）球道