WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pass-through
(pas′thro̅o̅′, päs′-),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- 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.
- passalong.
adj.
- denoting a pass-through;
passalong.
- noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival use of verb, verbal phrase pass through 1950–55, American.
'pass-through' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Cheddar
- China syndrome
- Erebus
- FPT
- IgG
- barrier
- breathable
- breathe
- bushing
- canal ray
- cataphoresis
- catch basin
- circulate
- clear
- cleave
- corner
- crystalloid
- cycle
- diabetes
- dialysis
- ecliptic
- emissary
- enable
- filter
- filterable virus
- fine
- freight pass-through
- funnel
- gas-permeable lens
- gatekeeper
- gridlock
- hopscotch
- iontophoresis
- jump
- kissing gate
- lock
- long splice
- nannoplankton
- opaque
- osmosis
- overpass
- pass
- pellicle mirror
- penetrate
- percolate
- perfoliate
- permeate
- pervade
- precava
- prime meridian