passage
noun/ˈpæsɪdʒ/
Frequency rank: #2,933 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A narrow way through; a section of a piece of writing.
Example sentence
The hikers carefully followed the narrow passage through the mountain.
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