passageway

passageway
/pas"ij way'/, n.
1. a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.
2. a corridor on a ship.
[1640-50; PASSAGE1 + WAY]
Syn. 1. passage, access, path, walk.

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