Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.

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.

But the design of the '730s' wasn't just about the seating formation. The Metro-style walkthrough interior was chosen because it is much more spacious than the '323s', where the interconnecting doors between carriages, narrow central aisle, and cramped areas by the passenger doors had been deemed particularly constraining.

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.

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

Word Forms

• aisles
• isle

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Use aisle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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