Definitions for areaways

areaways ar·e·a·way

Spelling: [air-ee-uh-wey]
IPA: /ˈɛər i əˌweɪ/

Areaways is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in areaways (aaaerswy).

Definitions for areaways

noun

  1. a sunken area leading to a cellar or basement entrance, or in front of basement or cellar windows.
  2. a passageway, especially one between buildings.

Origin of areaways

An Americanism dating back to 1895-1900; area + way1

Examples for areaways

A lame boy was looking through the iron fence of the areaway.

The large car was puffing impatiently to be on the road, when a gayly bedecked personage emerged from the areaway.

He was loitering opposite in the areaway of an empty residence.

Let's jump down, run alongside the house by the areaway, and get out on the street.

While I was running through the areaway I shouted to the actresses.

Ten minutes later Mrs. Zwiebel recognized with a leaping heart his footsteps on the areaway.

The man skidded on the filthy alley surface as he turned into the areaway.

The android, seeing his escape cut off, veered into an areaway.

Mrs. Schrimm said as she bustled out to the areaway and slammed the door.

Inside, he locked the door and lowered the shade of the single window which looked out on an areaway.

Word Value for areaways
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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