aisle seats

  • 1aisle seat — noun : a seat on or next to an aisle * * * aisle seat UK US noun [countable] [singular aisle seat plural aisle seats] tourism a seat in a train, plane, etc, next to an aisle …

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  • 2aisle seat — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms aisle seat : singular aisle seat plural aisle seats tourism a seat in a train, plane, etc, next to an aisle …

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  • 3aisle — [ aıl ] noun count a passage between rows of seats, for example in a church, theater, or airplane, or between the shelves of a supermarket: an aisle seat Cereals are in aisle three. go/walk down the aisle INFORMAL to get married laughing/rolling… …

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  • 4aisle — UK US /aɪl/ noun [C] ► COMMERCE the long narrow space between the rows of shelves in a large store, also used to refer to the shelves themselves: »Shopping online means you avoid the crowded supermarket aisles. »the frozen food/home baking, etc.… …

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  • 5aisle — ► NOUN 1) a passage between rows of seats. 2) a passage between sets of shelves in a supermarket or other shop. 3) Architecture a lateral division of a church parallel to, and divided by pillars from, a nave, choir, or transept. ● lead someone up …

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  • 6aisle — [aıl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ele wing , from Latin ala; influenced by English isle and French aile wing ] 1.) a long passage between rows of seats in a church, plane, theatre etc, or between rows of shelves in a shop 2.)… …

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  • 7aisle — (n.) late 14c., ele, lateral division of a church (usually separated by a row of pillars), from O.Fr. ele wing (of a bird or an army), side of a ship (12c., Mod.Fr. aile), from L. ala, related to axilla wing, upper arm, armpit; wing of an army,… …

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  • 8aisle — [īl] n. [ME ile < OFr aile, wing, section of a building (see AILERON); E s through confusion with ISLE] 1. a part of a church alongside the nave, choir, or transept, set off by a row of columns or piers 2. a passageway between sections of… …

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  • 9Aisle — For the term in United States politics, see Aisle (political term). An aisle at the Green Logistics Co., Kotka, Finland). An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of seats on both sides or with rows of seats on one side and a wall… …

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  • 10aisle — [[t]a͟ɪl[/t]] aisles 1) N COUNT An aisle is a long narrow gap that people can walk along between rows of seats in a public building such as a church or between rows of shelves in a supermarket. He started down the centre aisle. ...the frozen food …

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