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Gangway

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Noun

1. gangway

a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)

2. gangboard, gangplank, gangway

a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside

3. aisle, gangway

passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gangway

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noun
1. 
an opening in a ship's side to take a gangplank
2.  another word for gangplank
3. British
an aisle between rows of seats
4. Also called: logway mainly US
a ramp for logs leading into a sawmill
5. 
a main passage in a mine
6. 
temporary planks over mud or earth, as on a building site
sentence substitute
7. 
clear a path!

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Gangway

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noun
1. 
a passageway for entering, leaving, or going past
2. 
a. 
an opening in a vessel's bulwarks or railing that allows passage on or off
b. 
gangplank
3. 
a main level in a mine
4.  US
an incline for logs, leading up to a sawmill
5.  British
a passageway between rows of seats; aisle; specif., in the House of Commons, the aisle separating frontbenchers from backbenchers
interjection
6. 
make room; clear the way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gangway

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n.
1. Nautical
a. A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
b. See gangplank.
c. An opening in the bulwark of a ship through which passengers may board.
2. A narrow passageway, as of boards laid on the ground.
3. The main level of a mine.
4. Chiefly British
a. The aisle that divides the front and rear seating sections of the House of Commons.
b. An aisle between seating sections, as in a theater.
interj.
Used to clear a passage through a crowded area.

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