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alley

/ˈæl.i/noun2 syllables

Alley means: a narrow street with walls on both sides.

Synonyms for alley19

noun, as in a narrow street with walls on both sides

alleyway, back street

noun, as in a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins

bowling alley, skittle alley

also used for alley

gap, lane, backs, bunnyrun, chare, chore, close, ennog, entry, fold, gangway, gant, gennel, ginnel, gunnel

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What does alley mean?2

noun

1

a narrow street with walls on both sides

2

a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with alley?7

two syllables

valleyrallysallytallygalley

three syllables

finaleverbally
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Alley in a sentence

  • Turn north, walk to the second alley, and you're there.weihaiping
  • Ziri was walking down a dark alley, listening to music.Amastan
  • There, in the slum's alleys and byways, hundreds of tiny businesses flourish.Cangarejo
  • Children hustled off to school, their voices echoing down the narrow streets and alleys.Cangarejo
  • She lost her hearing aid at the bowling alley.LimeGreenTeknii
  • I saw them hugging in the semi-darkness of an alley.Nuel
  • The only window in our hotel room opens onto a smelly alley.darinmex
  • He ditched the car in an alley and took off running.darinmex

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Forms of alley

as a noun

plural
alleys