walk-in
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈwɔkˌɪn/
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vestidor
- The new apartment features a spacious walk-in closet that provides ample storage for clothes and accessories.
They could turn all of the defunct pay phones into little walk in closets.
- They could turn all of the defunct pay phones into little walk in closets.
Examples
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Behind the foyer stood a spacious walk-in closet that had been refitted as a greenhouse, with a skylight and glass shelves.
Fiction book (1998) -
Consuelo gazed longingly at the clothes in the walk-in closet.
Fiction book (1998) -
And then it also has a walk in closet, which is here.
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Next we have my walk in closet.
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So I have two walk in closets right here.
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Listen, I fixed up the walk-in as a sort of bedroom if you want.
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We stood in an empty house looking at a walk-in closet.
Fiction book (1992) -
Oh, the house has five walk-in closets.
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At the top of the stairs is a single bedroom, with a walk-in closet and bathroom en suite.
Blog text (11) -
The space was a small walk-in, already a rarity in an apartment as tiny as hers.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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2.8
A room where people leave coats and bags temporarily
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Etymology
Walk-in comes from the two simple parts walk and in, meaning 'walk into'. It names a small room you can literally 'walk into' and move around inside, which is why a walk-in is a closet or dressing room you can enter.