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lane
- pronunciation:
- leIn
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a narrow passage, as between hedges, walls, or buildings.
- synonyms:
- path
- similar words:
- alley, alleyway, corridor, defile, footpath, passage, passageway, thoroughfare, walk, way
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| definition 2: |
a narrow country road or city street.
- similar words:
- alley, path, road, way
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| definition 3: |
a bounded or marked course, often parallel to other such courses, as for a line of vehicles on a highway or for a single swimmer or runner in a race.
- similar words:
- channel, course, track
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| definition 4: |
an air or sea route.
- synonyms:
- corridor
- similar words:
- air lane, airway, channel, route, skyway
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| definition 5: |
a narrow passage or opening in a crowd of people.
- similar words:
- channel, opening, passage, passageway, way
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| definition 6: |
a raised wooden passageway, bounded by gutters, along which a bowling ball is pitched; alley.
- synonyms:
- alley
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| definition 7: |
(pl.) a bowling establishment.
- synonyms:
- bowling alley
- similar words:
- alleys
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| related words: |
aisle, by-path |
The words lane and lain sound alike but have different meanings.
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