Meaning of MEWS
| Pronunciation: | | myooz
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| | Definition: | | [n] (British) street lined with building that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; "she lives in a Chelsea mews" |
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| | Definition: | | \Mews\, n. sing. & pl. [Prop. pl. of mew. See {Mew} a
cage.]
An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a
confined place. [Eng.]
Mr. Turveydrop's great room . . . was built out into a
mews at the back. --Dickens.
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| | Related Terms: | | alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, Autobahn, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, barn, belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byre, byway, camino real, carriageway, causeway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close, corduroy road, county road, court, cowbarn, cowbyre, cowhouse, cowshed, crescent, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway, expressway, freeway, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, interstate highway, lane, local road, main drag, main road, motorway, parkway, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, primary highway, private road, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway, stable, stall, state highway, street, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, turnpike, US highway, wynd |
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