Dictionary entry details
• PASSAGEWAY (noun)
Meaning:
A passage between rooms or between buildings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("passageway" is a kind of...):
passage (a way through or along which someone or something may pass)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "passageway"):
aisle; gangway (passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores)
walk-through (a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building)
tunnel (a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars))
shaft (a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator))
gate (passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark)
gangway (a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site))
drift; gallery; heading (a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine)
corridor (an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it)
areaway (a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement)
arcade (a covered passageway; often between streets with shops or stalls)
Meaning:
A path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
passageway; passage
Context example:
the nasal passages
Hypernyms ("passageway" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "passageway"):
fistula; sinus (an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface)
fauces (the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx)
epicardia (the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach)
esophagus; gorge; gullet; oesophagus (the passage between the pharynx and the stomach)
root canal (the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity)
carpal tunnel (a passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass)
sinusoid (tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ)
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
opening; orifice; porta (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity)
meatus (a natural body passageway)
birth canal (a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth)
shunt (a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another)
