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   aisle

   /ʌɪl/

   noun

   • 1. a passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft, or train: "the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles"
   • ▪ a passage between cabinets and shelves of goods in a supermarket or other building: "I spend much of my time at the shops, wandering through the aisles"
   • ▪ (in a church) a lower part parallel to the nave, choir, or transept, from which it is divided by pillars: "the tiled roof over the south aisle"

   Word Origin late Middle Englishele, ile, from Old French ele, from Latin ala ‘wing’. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to confusion with isle and influenced by French aile ‘wing’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. aisled adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

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