aisle

/aɪl/

/ˈaɪəl/

Other forms: aisles

An aisle is a passageway, often between seating areas or shelves. Brides and grooms walk down an aisle at weddings, while you might head to the cookie aisle in the supermarket.

An aisle is essentially a passageway between something. You have to walk down an aisle to reach your seat at a theater or concert hall, to get to your seat on a crowded airplane, or to reach the produce at your local supermarket. The ai in aisle is pronounced like a long i, so the word sounds like isle rather than ail.

Definitions of aisle

1. noun

   a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
   type of:

   passage

   a way through or along which someone or something may pass
2. noun

   passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
   synonyms: gangway

   type of:

   passageway

   a passage between rooms or between buildings
3. noun

   part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns
   type of:

   area

   a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function