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walk-in

walk-in

1 3.7
Large enough to enter and use for storing clothes or changing
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɔkˌɪn/
: vestidor (para armario)
  • Vanessa can have her own bathroom, and you can have your own walk-in closet with a shelf just for your shoes.
  • a walk-in closet
  • a walk-in freezer
  • a walk-in refrigerator

So we, we got a freezer, I mean a walk in freezer that could go that cold.

Examples

  • One wall was fitted with walk-in closets; otherwise, the room was bare.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • In such neighborhoods, modernity was indicated by three-car garages and features like breakfast nooks and walk-in closets, things undreamed of by the original developers.

    Academic text (2004)

  • OK, walk in closets in the bedrooms up here too.

  • I was living in a friend's walk-in closet, at the time.

    Blood Father (2016)

  • And here is the walk-in freezer.

    Rage of the Yeti (2011)

  • Does that corner office have a big walk-in closet?

    National Velvet (1945)

  • Sam stands in the corner of a large, walk-in closet, watching as Molly goes through his effects.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I had 30 gowns upstairs in my walk-in closet.

    The Alto Knights (2025)

  • I stretched the phone cord, opened the door to my walk-in refrigerator, and perused the contents.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The master suite includes a large walk-in closet that can hold all her clothes.

Antonyms

small
∞ 1.0

Not large in size or amount

compact
60 4.1

Small and tightly packed so it does not take much space

How Spacious

spacious
45 2.5
roomy
24 2.1
walk-in
1 3.7
cramped
37 3.2

Surface Forms

walk-in positive

Morphology

walk-in = walk + in (transparent) = walk + in

The meaning follows directly from 'walk' + 'in' (able to be walked into), a productive and obvious compound for learners.

Etymology

Walk-in as an adjective comes from walk + in, which means 'walk into', and it describes a room large enough for a person to enter and move around. So, a walk-in closet or refrigerator is one you can go into and use inside.