GANGWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gangway mean? 

• GANGWAY (noun)
  The noun GANGWAY has 3 senses:

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

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

3. passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores

  Familiarity information: GANGWAY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GANGWAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gangway" is a kind of...):

passageway (a passage between rooms or between buildings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gangboard; gangplank; gangway

Hypernyms ("gangway" is a kind of...):

footbridge; overcrossing; pedestrian bridge (a bridge designed for pedestrians)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aisle; gangway

Hypernyms ("gangway" is a kind of...):

passageway (a passage between rooms or between buildings)

 Context examples 

Then just as the gangway was about to be withdrawn, it suddenly came over her that a whole ocean was soon to roll between her and those who loved her best, and she clung to Laurie, the last lingerer, saying with a sob...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)