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COMPANIONWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does companionway mean?
• COMPANIONWAY (noun)
The noun COMPANIONWAY has 1 sense:
1. a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship
Familiarity information: COMPANIONWAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("companionway" is a kind of...):
staircase; stairway (a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps)
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