passageway
English Thesaurus
1. a passage between rooms or between buildings (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | passage, |
definition | : | a way through or along which someone or something may pass (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | aisle, gangway, |
definition | : | passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | arcade, |
definition | : | a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | areaway, |
definition | : | a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | corridor, |
definition | : | an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | drift, gallery, heading, |
definition | : | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | gangway, |
definition | : | a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site) (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | gate, |
definition | : | passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | shaft, |
definition | : | a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | tunnel, |
definition | : | a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars) (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | walk-through, |
definition | : | a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building (noun.artifact) |
2. a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass (noun.body)
hyponym | : | birth canal, |
definition | : | a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | meatus, |
definition | : | a natural body passageway (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | opening, orifice, porta, |
definition | : | an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct, |
definition | : | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | sinusoid, |
definition | : | tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | carpal tunnel, |
definition | : | a passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | root canal, |
definition | : | the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | epicardia, |
definition | : | the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | fauces, |
definition | : | the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | fistula, sinus, |
definition | : | an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | shunt, |
definition | : | a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another (noun.body) |
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