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aisle
[ ahyl ]
noun
- a walkway between or along blocks or rows of seats in a theater, classroom, airplane, etc.:
We were glad to get seats next to the aisle for that flight.
- Architecture.
- a longitudinal division of an interior area, such as in a church, separated from the main area by an arcade or the like.
- any of the longitudinal divisions of a church or similarly shaped building.
- the aisle, the divide or division between two political factions or parties:
The Democrat reached across the aisle to form a bipartisan coalition.
Her proposal was criticized by folks on both sides of the aisle.
aisle
/ ɪ /
noun
- a passageway separating seating areas in a theatre, church, etc; gangway
- a lateral division in a church flanking the nave or chancel
- rolling in the aisles informal.(of an audience) overcome with laughter
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
- aisled, adjective
Other Word Forms
- aisled adjective
- ܲ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of aisle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of aisle1
Idioms and Phrases
- walk / go down the aisle, to get married:
Fewer couples are walking down the aisle these days.
- in the aisles. rolling ( def 10 ).
Example Sentences
Some 18 months on, he says the reality is that people on both sides of the political aisle promptly disengaged with Indigenous issues after the referendum.
Protocol of not moving along aisles as the game goes on was done away with, to share a moment that many never thought they would see.
Zelensky, who has been locked in negotiations and public arguments with Trump in recent weeks, is just 10 seats and one aisle away from him, on the same row.
The kind of finds that usually require a trip to a specialty market or a deep dive down the aisles of H Mart.
Over the course of the film they’ll fight, kiss and crack jokes, and ultimately walk down the aisle with the wrong person.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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