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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
aisle
    n 1: a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
    2: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or
       passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in
       stores [syn: aisle, gangway]
    3: part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by
       rows of pillars or columns

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aisle \Aisle\, n. [OF. ele, F. aile, wing, wing of a building,
   L. ala, contr. fr. axilla.] (Arch.)
      (a) A lateral division of a building, separated from the
          middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or
          piers, which support the roof or an upper wall
          containing windows, called the clearstory wall.
      (b) Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the
          phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.
      (c) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage
          into which the pews of a church open.
          [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for aisle:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
access, alley, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, artery, avenue, channel, cloister, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection, corridor, covered way, defile, exit, ferry, ford, gallery, inlet, interchange, intersection, junction, lane, opening, outlet, overpass, pass, passage, passageway, portico, railroad tunnel, traject, trajet, tunnel, underpass
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