alley

• Nom désignant une rue étroite ou un passage entre des bâtiments, ainsi qu'une piste de bowling sur laquelle on lance la boule vers les quilles.

A noun referring to a narrow street or passageway between buildings, or a lane used in bowling for rolling a ball toward pins.

1. Narrow streetA2formal

   A narrow, often enclosed street or passageway, typically between or behind buildings.

   Ruelle

   • The children played in the alley behind the houses.
   • We walked through a dark alley to reach the main road.
   • The alley was lined with old brick walls and overflowing dumpsters.

   Synonymesalleywaybywaylanepassagepassageway

2. Bowling laneA2formal

   A long, narrow lane used in the sport of bowling, down which a ball is rolled toward pins.

   Piste de bowling

   • He rolled the ball down the alley and knocked down all ten pins.
   • The bowling alley had twenty lanes for players.
   • She practiced her throw on the same alley every week.

   Synonymeslane