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Definitions: Gangway |
GangwayNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gangway" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Note: Gangway \Gang"way`\, noun. [See Gang, intransitive verb.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building & Civil Engineering | A passage-way for people or vehicles in a factory shop. Source: European Union. (references) |
Economics | 1. The opening through which a ship is boarded. 2. A platform connecting quarterdeck and forecastle of a ship. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A narrow, portable platform used as a passage by persons entering or leaving a vessel moored alongside a quay or pier. Source: European Union. (references) |
General | Passageway for people to pass between two rows of stands facing each other, between the stands and the walls of a hall or from one level to another. Source: European Union. (references) |
Labor | The areas in a place of work which are designed for access by the employees to their places of work and for transport of materials. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Gangway (g hard). Below the gangway. In the House of Commons there is a sort of bar extending across the House, which separates the Ministry and the Opposition from the rest of the members. To sit "below the gangway" is to sit amongst the general members, neither among the Ministers nor with the Opposition. Clear the gangway. Make room for the passengers from the boat, clear the passage. (See Gang-Board.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | In a store, a freeway to enable circulation between stacks of packages. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A main haulage road underground. Frequently called entry b. A passageway driven in the coal at a slight grade, forming the base from which the other workings of the mine are begun c. A passageway or avenue into or out of any enclosed place, as in a mine. d. An elevated roadway e. Pennsylvania. Generally confined to anthracite mines. (references) |
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Synonyms: GangwaySynonyms: aisle (n), gangboard (n), gangplank (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: fending (european union, transportation). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Method | Bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway; drawbridge; pass, ford, ferry, tunnel; pipe. |
Opening | Portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gangway |
| English words defined with "gangway": Accommodation ladder ♦ Gangway ladder ♦ Hanch ♦ Manrope ♦ Quarter railing, Quarter rails ♦ To bring to the gangway. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gangway": breast board, Brown panel system ♦ chain pillar, counter chute, counter coal, counter gangway ♦ ditch drain, double-deck gangway ♦ entry stumps ♦ fast end ♦ gangway cable, gannen ♦ handhold stanchion, haulageway ♦ main way, monkey drift, monkey gangway ♦ open off ♦ rail stanchion ♦ set of timber, shore gangway, sights ♦ working face. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gangway" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (gangway, ramp, steps). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Gangway for Navy (1951) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A trail through the ice serving as the gangway to the GAUSS.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Gangway" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gangway" is used about 104 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 104 | 31,955 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "gangway": Gangway ladder ♦ members above the gangway ♦ shore gangway ♦ To bring to the gangway. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gangway | 13 |
gangway marine | 5 |
gangway manufacturer marine | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gangway"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shteg (aisle, alley, approach, course, footpath, footway, gap, Lane, loophole, pass, path, pathway, ride, trace, track, trackway, trail, way), shkallë e lëvizshme (ramp), rruginë (alley, bedside rug, driveway, Lane, path, walk), pasarel në anije. (various references) | |
Arabic | ممر يقسم, ممر جانبي (shoulder), ممر رئيسي, ممر (footpath, lane, passage, passageway, path, pathway, track, way), ممشى (aisle, path), سلم السفينة (gang-plank). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | щрек (road), галерия (course, gallery, loft, passage, passageway, road, tunnel), подвижно мостче (gangplank), писта (course, landing strip, make way, path, runway, track), дайте път (heads up). (various references) | |
Czech | ulièka mezi sedadly, lodní mùstek, chodbièka (aisle, corridor). (various references) | |
Danish | landgang (debarkation, gangboard, gangplank, shore gangway, walkway). (various references) | |
Dutch | passage (covered passageway, end, gate, motion, passage, passageway, roofed passageway, traffic, transit), overgang (gate, junction, level crossing, passage, passageway, subs, transient, transition, transition coupling), loopplank (gangboard, gangplank, shore gangway, walkway), doorgang (admittance, channel, flow path, gallery, gate, pass, passage, passageway, path, transit, work clearance). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pasejo (gate, passage, passageway), paŝtabulo. (various references) | |
Farsi | پل راهرو, گذرگاه (Causeway, Defile, Pass, Passage, Passageway, Pathway), تخته پل (Gangplank, Skid), راهرو (Aisle, Corridor, Door, Doorway, Gallery, Passage, Passageway, Pylon, Runway, Vestibule). (various references) | |
Finnish | ylikulkusilta (passage, passage way), tie (passage, pathway, road, route, way), maihinnousuportaat (gangboard, shore gangway), laskuportaat (gantry, service bridge), kulkutie (passageway), käytävä (alleyway, corridor, gallery, insect hole, mine, passage, passageway, path, tunnel, walk), kävelysilta (passage, passage way). (various references) | |
French | passage (galleria), allée. (various references) | |
German | gang (aisle, alleyway, ambulation, arcade, bout, canal, clearance, colonnade, corridor, course, development, dike, duct, dyke, errand, gait, gallery, gang, gear, hallway, heat, landing, lead, lode, meatus, operation, pace, passage, passage(way), passageway, porter, rate, reef, running, speed, strake, stride, thread, tunnel, vein, walk, walkway, water gallery, workability), gangway (gangboard, ramp, shore gangway, steps), Laufplanke (catwalk, gangplank, ramp, scaffold board, walkway), durchgang (aisle, alleyway, channel, end, gateway, heat, litter alley, n., passage, passageway, path, round, stage, thoroughfar, transit). (various references) | |
Greek | γέφυρα εξυπηρέτησης (gantry, service bridge), διαβάθρα (cat walk, companionway, connecting bridge, flying bridge, fore and aft bridge, gangboard, monkey bridge, shore gangway), διάδρομος (aisle, alley, alleyway, carpeting for corridors or passages, clearance, corridor, funnel, passage, passage way, passageway, race), παραπέτο πλοίου (fending), πέρασμα (aisle, alley, course, creep, fly-by, funnel, gait, gate, lease-shed, opening, pass, passage, passageway, passing, sliding, transit, way), μαδέρι (beam, companionway, deal, plank, scantling), δίοδοσ (alley, passage, underpass), γέφυρα αποεπιβίβασης (gangboard, shore gangway), κλίμακα ανόδου σε πλοίο, γέφυρα υπηρεσίας (gantry, passage, passage way, service bridge), στενή διάβαση επικοινωνίας (walkway), σκάλα (a flight of stairs, companionway, ladder, stair, staircase, stairway), σκάλα πλοίου (gangplank), κλίμακα αποεπιβίβασης (gangboard, shore gangway), κλίμακα ανόδου (gangplank, walkway), ικρίωμα επιθεώρησης (gantry, service bridge). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מסל" (course, orbit, road, sow, track, way), יר"" (companionway), "צי""!, בב (port). (various references) | |
Hungarian | átjáró (alley, areaway, gap, lane, passage, passageway, pervading, stile, way through), rakomány közötti út, pallóhíd (gang-plank), kikötőhíd (float), középső folyosó, járópalló (duck-boards, running board), hajópalló, hajóhíd (floating pier, gang board, gang-plank, pontoon bridge, pontoon-bridge, raft), feljáró (approach, ramp), fedélzeti járda. (various references) | |
Indonesian | gang (alley, alleyway, breezeway, corridor, gang, narrow street, passage, passageway, slum), jalan sempit (catwalk). (various references) | |
Italian | passerella (bridge, bridging class, cat walk, catwalk, connecting bridge, flying bridge, footbridge, foot-bridge, fore and aft bridge, gangboard, gangplank, gantry, loading ramp, monkey bridge, passage, passage way, ramp, scaffold board, service bridge, shore gangway, transitional class, walkway), passaggio (admittance, aisle, alley, alleyway, arcade, changeover, clearance, conduit, crossing, entry, gateway, gut, handing, lift, pass, passage, passageway, passing, program run, programme run, recovery, run, transfer, transit, transition, transition coupling, way out, work clearance), corridoio (aisle, alleyway, clearance, corridor, hall, hallway, lobby, passage, passageway). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 舷門 , 舷梯 , 搭乗橋 (boarding bridge). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | '"も", '"てい (limit, restriction), とうじょうきょう (boarding bridge). (various references) | |
Manx | droghad coshey (footbridge). (various references) | |
Norwegian | landgang (debarkation), fallrep. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | angwaygay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | passagem (access, admittance, aisle, alley, alleyway, carfare, clearance, Col, communication, corridor, end, fairway, fare, ferry, filling, gate, gatemoney, gateway, highroad crossing, inlet, iter, leakage, making a pass, making a run, motion, pass, passage, passageway, passing, pick, place, program run, programme run, run, shoot, shot, shute, smoothing, switch over, ticket, transit, transition, way, weft, woof, work clearance). (various references) | |
Romanian | pasarelã (bridge, gang board, gangplank), pasaj (aisle, arcade, excerpt, extract, fragment, gateway, pass, passage, passage way, thoroughfare, tunnel), coridor (corridor, gallery, hall, hallway, Lane, lobby, pass, passage, passage way). (various references) | |
Russian | проход (access, adit, aisle, alleyway, aqueduct, canal, channel, entry, fairway, gate, orifice, pass, passage, passageway, passway, runway, steam ship, thoroughfare, walkway). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prolaz (aisle, breach, channel, gateway, pass, passage, thoroughfare, transit). (various references) | |
Spanish | paso (advance, advances, clearing, crossing, culvert, deed, despatch, dispatch, doorway, drawing, dried, duct, entrée, exaltation, foot walk, footfall, footprint, footstep, fullness, fulness, gait, gate, gulf, gut, hangar, ignorance, jars, jaunt, lead, line, making land, move, movement, narrows, overtaking, pace, pass, passage, passageway, passing, path, pitch, progress, shooting, spacing, stair, step, Strait, straits, stride, tack, thoroughfare, track, transition, tread, walk, walkout, wheel track, wheelbase), plancha (board, flat iron, flat-iron, gaffe, gangplank, griddle, howler, iron, planch, plate, sadiron, sheet, slab, smoothing iron, walkway), pasillo (aisle, alley, alleyway, clearance, corridor, hall, holding alley, Lane, lobby, passage, passageway, promenade, walk through, way), pasarela (aisle, cat walk, connecting bridge, flying bridge, footbridge, foot-bridge, fore and aft bridge, gangboard, gangplank, loading ramp, monkey bridge, passage, passage way, ramp, runway, scaffold board, shore gangway), pasadizo (catwalk, corridor, opening, passage, passageway), pasadera (passage, passage way, steppingstone, walkway). (various references) | |
Swedish | gång (action, aisle, corridor, course, dike, duct, fault body, foot, gait, gallery, go, going, insect hole, inter row, mine, motion, moving, occasion, operation, pace, passage, passageway, path, progress, road, route, running, space between rows, the passage of time, time, tread, tunnel, vent, walk, walking, walkway, way, working), landgång (gangplank, long open sandwich, ramp, scaffold board). (various references) | |
Thai | สะพาน / ไม้พา"ให้ขึ้นลงเรือ (gangplank), ทางเ"ินแคบๆ. (various references) | |
Turkish | geçit (access, aisle, alley, alleyway, causeway, close, corridor, crossing, crossover, gap, gate, gateway, gorge, gullet, gut, parade, pass, passage, passageway, runway, Strait, thoroughfare, vestibule, walkway), güverteden uzatılan köprü, yol açın, uçağa yanaştırılan körüklü yol, pasaj (alley, arcade, passage, passageway), oluk (chamfer, channel, chase, chute, conduit, flute, gouge, groove, gully, gully drain, gutter, rabbet, riffle, runnel, slot, spline, throat, trough), iskele (dockage, gangboard, landing, landing place, landing stage, larboard, pier, port, quay, scaffold, scaffolding, seaport, stage, staging, stopping place, wharf), dar yol (alley, alleyway, defile, Lane, pass), borda iskelesi (accommodation ladder, gangplank), asma merdiven, aralık (ajar, aperture, crack, daylight, Dec, December, gap, half-open, hiatus, Interspace, interstice, interval, Lacuna, rift, separation, space, spacing, time), açılın. (various references) | |
Ukranian | сходні (gang board, gang-plank), прохід (access, alleyway, canal, duct, orifice, pass, passageway, passover, thoroughfare, walkway), дорогу. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gangway": gangways. (additional references) | |
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"Gangway" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bangwa, gan-gan, gangwayed, Jenway, Kanghwa. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-g-n-w-y" | |
-2 letters: naggy. | |
-3 letters: anga, away, awny, gaga, gang, gnaw, wany, yang, yawn. | |
-4 letters: aga, ana, any, awa, awn, gag, gan, gay, nag, naw, nay, wag, wan, way, wyn, yaw. | |
-5 letters: aa, ag, an, aw, ay, na, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-g-n-w-y" | |
+1 letter: gangways. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 6E 67 77 61 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- -. --. .--. .- -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01101110 01100111 01110111 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a n g w a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 006E 0067 0077 0061 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41678073896791 |
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