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passageway.

Noun
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MEANING

A narrow route connecting rooms, buildings, or other spaces.

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  • service passageway
  • hidden passageway

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A service passageway linked the kitchens to the rear courtyard.

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passageway

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Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Singular passageway; plural passageways. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: common.

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