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walk-through

walk-through

2 3.5
A covered passage through the ground floor of a building
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔkˌθru/
translation icon : pasaje
  • Only passengers who set off a walk-through metal detector or AIT machine, or opt out of the AIT, receive a pat-down.

Examples

  • A brisk walk through Hampstead Heath is enough to revive any weary tourist, and a stroll to the top of Parliament Hill is always rewarding.

    Blog text (11)

  • Peter brought his dog for a walk through the park, and a beautiful woman gave him her phone number.

    Blog text (11)

  • I did a quick walk-through and saw more of the same in the bedroom and bath.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Be present at the final "walk-through" inspection, share your remaining concerns, and keep your own notes of the meeting.

    Academic text (2004)

  • It was like a living, walk-through absolute hell.

    Blog text (32)

  • The bus stop was on a busy road four blocks from my house, and at the other end, I had a two-block walk through an iffy urban neighborhood.

    Blog text (11)

  • They make it okay through the walk-through, though the man (his nametag, I see as they move closer, reads "Tom") is sweating heavily.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • And since it makes the "Sweep away the Races" tag team happy, if you are a white man, I’d like to see you go a dozen blocks from Hyde Park and take a brisk walk through the fine upstanding neighborhoods of South Chicago.

    Blog text (11)

  • The construction of the new mall included a wide walk-through that connects all the shops on the ground floor.

  • During the building inspection, we used a walk-through to evaluate the safety features of the ground level.

Synonyms

walkway
vswalk-through
51 2.0

A path made for people to go on foot

is a covered passage that goes through a building's ground floor
entryway
vswalk-through
18 2.6

A small area inside a building next to the front door where people enter

is a through passage across a building ground floor rather than an entrance
footwalk
vswalk-through
1 2.6

A path for people to walk on, often by a road or river

is a covered indoor passage through a building, not an outdoor path
footway
vswalk-through
  • UK
2.5

A path for people to walk on beside a road

is a covered passage through a building's ground floor, not an outdoor roadside path

Antonyms

dead end
28 2.7

A street or road that ends and does not go through

How Wide

concourse
16 5.5
arcade
74 4.2
walk-through
2 3.5
passageway
50 3.2
alley
349 1.0

Surface Forms

walk-through singular
walk-throughs plural

Morphology

walk-through = walk (semi-transparent) = through + walk

While the components 'walk' and 'through' are clear, the specific architectural meaning of a passageway is not immediately obvious. [Postprocessing: moved 'through' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Walk-through is simply the words walk + through, meaning 'to walk from one side to the other'. It was used for a covered path you can actually walk through in a building, so a walk-through today can mean a real passageway for people to pass through.