passage

noun [C] (CONNECTING WAY)

/ˈpæs·ɪdʒ/ (also passageway, /ˈpæs·ɪdʒˌweɪ/)

Definition

› a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides, or an enclosed path that connects places: A narrow passage led through the house to the yard. › A passage is also an entrance or opening: the nasal passages

(Definition of passage noun (CONNECTING WAY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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