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GANGWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gangway mean?
• GANGWAY (noun)
The noun GANGWAY has 3 senses:
1. a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
2. a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
3. passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
Familiarity information: GANGWAY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gangway" is a kind of...):
passageway (a passage between rooms or between buildings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("gangway" is a kind of...):
footbridge; overcrossing; pedestrian bridge (a bridge designed for pedestrians)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
aisle; gangway
Hypernyms ("gangway" is a kind of...):
passageway (a passage between rooms or between buildings)
Context examples
Then just as the gangway was about to be withdrawn, it suddenly came over her that a whole ocean was soon to roll between her and those who loved her best, and she clung to Laurie, the last lingerer, saying with a sob...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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