Aisle

Quick meaning: Aisle is a noun meaning A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

Meaning

A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

More Meanings

1. A clear path/passage through rows of seating.
2. A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
3. Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
4. (transport) Seat in public transport, such as a plane, train or bus, that's beside the aisle.
5. (US, politics) An idiomatic divide between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, who are said to be on two sides of the aisle.
6. The path of a wedding procession in a church or other venue; (by extension, metonymic) marriage.

Example Sentences

Do you want to seat window or aisle?

You ask her if she loves you, she answers, "I do" / Your heart starts glowing inside / And then you will know she is just for you / While each step, draws you closer to the aisle

In one of the aisles there was an elaborately carved confessional box and I recognised the village priest in his heavy mountain boots and black cassock as he entered it and drew the dark velvet curtains behind him.

It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day.

Word Forms

• aisles

Synonyms for aisle

Depending on context, synonyms include isle, gangway.

Antonyms for aisle

Common opposites include window.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gangway, altar, church, shrine, bloc, gallery.

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