areaway
a sunken area leading to a cellar or basement entrance, or in front of basement or cellar windows.
a passageway, especially one between buildings.
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How to use areaway in a sentence
She directed the detective along a narrow areaway at the side of the house, and in a moment reappeared at the back door.
The Blue Lights | Arnold FredericksAcross the way a slinking shadow left the sidewalk and blended indistinguishably with the crowded shadows of an areaway.
Red Masquerade | Louis Joseph VanceAcross the street the voluntary shadow detached itself from cover in the areaway, and skulked after him.
Red Masquerade | Louis Joseph VanceAll this while, across the street, in the shadow of an areaway, stood a man in a mackintosh and a felt hat drawn well down.
The Pagan Madonna | Harold MacGrathShe went out of the quarters, crossed the areaway, and stood under the landing slot.
Final Weapon | Everett B. Cole
British Dictionary definitions for areaway
/ (ˈɛərɪəˌweɪ) /
a passageway between parts of a building or between different buildings
See area (def. 7)
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