passages
Narrow routes through
Passages are ways through—corridors, channels, or routes that allow movement from one place to another: a narrow passage between buildings, the Northwest Passage.
The word extends to sections of text or music: a difficult passage in the sonata, She highlighted several passages in the book.
Passage also means the act of passing or moving through: the passage of time, the bill's passage through Congress.
A rite of passage marks transition from one stage of life to another.
Interior connecting passage
- aisleCorridor between seating sections
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- walkwayPath for foot traffic
- alleywayNarrow urban passage
gallery · arcade · cloister · gangway · breezeway · underpass · thoroughfare · labyrinth
Distinct section of text
- quoteRepeated words from another
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- snippetSmall cut portion
- verseMetered poetic passage
stanza · fragment · section · reading · prose · sentence · phrase · citation
Movement or work period
- progressionSequential forward movement
- segueUnbroken passage between sections
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- changeoverComplete shift between systems
turning point · threshold · milestone · interlude · interval · phase · stage · movement
hallway
Interior connecting passage
alleyway · gallery · arcade · cloister · gangway · breezeway · underpass · thoroughfare · labyrinth · catacomb
paragraph
Distinct section of text
verse · stanza · fragment · section · reading · prose · sentence · phrase · citation · quotation
shift
Movement or work period
- progressionSequential forward movement
- segueUnbroken passage between sections
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
changeover · turning point · threshold · milestone · interlude · interval · phase · stage · movement · modulation
voyage
Journey by sea
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- transitMovement between places
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
odyssey · pilgrimage · traverse · migration · route · itinerary · waypoint · leg · strait · channel
measure
Unit of quantity
riff · run · arpeggio · flourish · interlude · bridge · coda · refrain · motif · sequence
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
- African explorationDavid Livingstone, Henry Stanley, expeditions, explorers, Richard Burton
- cave stuffcave art, cave paintings, stalactites, stalagmites, bats
- scriptureBible, New Testament, Old Testament, verses, holy scripture
- landscape connectivitywildlife corridors, connectivity, corridors, habitat fragmentation, dispersal
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
- rite of passageTransition-marking ceremony
- secret passageConcealed route through structure
- passage of timeForward march of moments
- hidden passageDisguised route between spaces
- safe passageProtected transit through danger
- nasal passagesAirways inside the nose