catwalk
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈkætˌwɔk/
:
pasarela
- Picard, Geordi, and Beverly step onto the catwalk, which surrounds the Silo walls.
- an elevated catwalk
Beyond that was a big wall with catwalks on it and towers and guards up there with guns.
- Beyond that was a big wall with catwalks on it and towers and guards up there with guns.
- We had done other shoot houses before with the open tops that can be viewed from above with a catwalk.
- So I'm playing on the table with the ball waiting for this Mick taking the he's on the top landing and it was like a catwalk.
Examples
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The performers walked confidently along the catwalk to showcase their costumes to the audience.
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McArthur shuffled along the catwalk to the corner of the wall and around it.
Fiction book (1992) -
Get up on the catwalk, on that side.
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And this catwalk is the way we get up there.
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We go a couple feet down the catwalk, everyone stops.
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We have to take the catwalk through the boiler room.
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So our only chance for a clean shot is from these catwalks above the stage.
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The penguin and Vicki are on a catwalk just below the rock formation.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's a couple of plateaus over; a long narrow catwalk runs past it, some ten or twelve feet below.
Fiction book (1992) -
From the catwalk, the technician could easily monitor the entire stage during the play.
Synonyms
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2.0
A path made for people to go on foot
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3.2
A narrow path over water or a road for people to walk across, not for vehicles
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5.2
A covered walkway that connects buildings above a street
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4.4
A raised walkway between buildings above the street
A covered or open passage that connects two buildings
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Etymology
Catwalk also means a narrow, high walkway, and the name likely comes from imagining a cat walking on a thin beam. That's why the tight raised paths in theaters or factories are called 'catwalks' — you have to move carefully like a cat.