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View synonyms for pass-through

pass-through

or pass·through

[ pas-throo, pahs- ]

noun

  1. a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
  2. a place through which one passes or is obliged to pass:

    Motorists used the park as a pass-through. The new gate will be a pass-through for security clearance.



adjective

  1. denoting a pass-through; passalong.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pass-through1

1950–55, Americanism; noun and adj. use of verb phrase pass through
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Example Sentences

They would travel by train, and the trains would pass through Dresden, the East German city closest to Prague.

Or the road to 52 might well have to pass through Louisiana and Georgia.

Vehicles doubtless still pass through the many side-roads in the area, but the two trunk routes from the border are both blocked.

He pressed a button, letting the electricity pass through and the vaporizing to begin.

When you pass through a set of glass doors, you cross the frontier between the two hospitals.

Every evening, at sunset, the gates were closed, and during the night no one was allowed to pass through in either direction.

And shall pass through Juda, overflowing, and going over shall reach even to the neck.

Both the others pass through N, and show money circulating twice out of bank.

Of course the more cold air admitted to pass through the fire, the more heat carried to the top of the stack.

Here they enter red corpuscles as young malarial parasites, and the majority pass through the asexual cycle just described.

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