accessway

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noun

A route providing access.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounaccessway (plural accessways)

plural accessways

  1. A route providing access.

    […] the typical flat commercial roof has numerous skylights, ventilation openings, trap doors, and other maintenance accessways that are more convenient points of penetration.

    1994, Ed San Luis, Office and Office Building Security, page 30
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    Elements that create aisles or aisle accessways may be movable by the users. However, when designing a space, the furniture layout must provide the required egress and accessible path.

    2011, Sharon Koomen Harmon, Katherine E. Kennon, The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, page 150

Origin

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APA

accessway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessway

MLA

“accessway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessway. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accessway,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessway.

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