Travel / B2

YL/aɪl/

An aisle is a passage between rows of seats, shelves, or pews: a supermarket aisle; the aisle in a church; walk down the aisle (get married). Passage and corridor are close twins; island is a homophone trap in some accents, not in careful spelling. Map the supermarket aisle in the observation study. Mix-up: isle / island; I’ll. Do not write aisle for a main road.

Meaning

A passage between rows of seats, shelves, or pews.

Examples

• “Map the supermarket aisle in the observation study, not a wedding caption unless the source is a ceremony.”
• “Walk down the aisle featured in the social-history extract, which is the marriage sense.”

Good to know

a supermarket / church aisle; down the aisle. Close: passage / corridor / gangway. Trap: isle / island. Geography, RE, and media. A passage between rows, not an island.

Near in meaning

passage, corridor, gangway

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