skyway
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈskaɪˌweɪ/
- US
:
pasarela
- Visitors can explore the city without worrying about the weather, thanks to the extensive skyway system.
- Skyway Bridge
- Minneapolis Skyway
- Skyway System
Examples
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He didn't even realize where he had been heading until he crossed the university district and entered the Quartier proper, climbing the pastel skyways above the flooded streets.
Fiction book (1991) -
Residents enjoy easy access to shops via the skyway that links the mall and the parking garage.
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At least the booksellers were still there, although now their stalls lined the skyway rather than the walls of the square.
Fiction book (1991) -
Buildings were connected by overhead tunnels called skyways.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Texas Skyway.
Blog text (6) -
A ship collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, killing 35 ($266 million).
Blog text (5) -
The skyway's jammed.
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They're like skyways and they have underground like a little gerbil maze, just like a yeah, it's actually just like that.
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The smell of baking bread masked the sadness and mold in the air, and the booksellers were setting up on the skyway over the recently drowned Exposition Fountain.
Fiction book (1991) -
The new skyway provides safe passage for pedestrians between the two office buildings.
Synonyms
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5.1
A covered outdoor passage between two buildings that is open at the sides
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5.2
A covered walkway that connects buildings above a street
A covered or open passage that connects two buildings
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Morphology
Etymology
Skyway comes from the parts sky 'the air above' and way 'path', and so it can mean a raised 'path above the street'. A skyway in a city is like a covered bridge or walkway that connects buildings and keeps people out of the weather.