Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1intransitive verb
A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
- 2intransitive 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.
- 3intransitive verb
The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
- 4intransitive 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.
- 5noun
passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
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- 6noun
a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
- 7noun
a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
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