gangway

gangway is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
2. intransitive verb. In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.
3. intransitive verb. The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
4. intransitive verb. That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist.
5. noun. passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores

   Synonyms: aisle

6. noun. a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside

   Synonyms: gangboard, gangplank

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

Synonyms

aisle, gangboard, gangplank

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gangway:

waygang

Common word forms

gangways, gangwayed

Words from these letters

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