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aisle

noun
noun
BrE BrE//aɪl//
; NAmE NAmE//aɪl//
In the theatre, Parts of a plane, Religious buildings, Trains, In the store
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  • a passage between rows of seats in a church, theatre, train, etc., or between rows of shelves in a supermarket an aisle seat (= in a plane or train) Coffee and tea are in the next aisle. She looked radiant as she walked down the aisle on her father’s arm. compare gangway Wordfindertrainaisle, buffet, carriage, connection, locomotive, luggage rack, platform, station, track, train Oxford Collocations DictionaryAisle is used before these nouns: seatAisle is used after these nouns: candy, grocery, supermarket, … See full entry See related entries: In the theatre, Parts of a plane, Religious buildings, Trains, In the store
    •  Word Originlate Middle English ele, ile, from Old French ele, from Latin ala ‘wing’. The spelling change in the 17th cent. was due to confusion with isle and influenced by French aile ‘wing’.Idioms
    go/walk down the aisle
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    (informal) to get married See related entries: Religious buildings, Marriage
    rolling in the aisles
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    (informal) laughing a lot She soon had us rolling in the aisles.
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