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walkway

walkway

51 2.0
A path made for people to go on foot
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːkweɪ/
translation icon : pasarela peatonal
  • After the rain, we carefully walked along the slippery walkway at the park.
  • a pedestrian walkway
  • a walkway between buildings
  • an indoor walkway

However, weeds do occur in the walkways and paths.

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Examples

  • The subjects were instructed to walk on the walkway at three different speeds.

    Academic text (1990)
  • And the rest of them are up on that walkway.

  • And there was a little walkway on the left side of it.

  • It's just a little walkway, little bridge going over.

  • We're going across the walkway on the fifth floor.

  • Let's walk down the brick walkway here to the front door.

  • Joan moves quickly through the parking lot and onto a walkway leading to the hospital entrance.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Across the pool is a walkway, and beyond that is the Nervion River.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Take this walkway, then you'll go through the building... and you'll see signs for the main hospital on the other side.

  • We have all spent four years here in these buildings and on these walkways, sharing memories both joyous and sad.

Synonyms

path
vswalkway
969 1.0

A way or track that people and things move along for travel

is specifically a pedestrian passage rather than a general travel route
sidewalk
vswalkway
  • US
560 1.0

A paved path next to a street for people to walk on

is a pedestrian passage that can exist in many places beyond streets
walk
vswalkway
123 1.0

A path people use near a building or in a garden

is a broad pedestrian passage used in varied public and private areas
pavement
vswalkway
  • UK
42 1.0

A path at the side of a road for people to walk on

is a pedestrian passage term that does not stress paving or surface material
footpath
vswalkway
  • UK
9 1.9

A narrow path for people to walk on away from roads

is a pedestrian passage that is often wider or in built environments
footwalk
vswalkway
1 2.6

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

is a general pedestrian passage not limited to parks or street edges
footway
vswalkway
  • UK
2.5

A path for people to walk on beside a road

is a general pedestrian passage not limited to road sides

Antonyms

163 2.8

A thing that blocks movement or keeps places apart

43 4.4

A thing that blocks a passage like a pipe or artery

How Built

boardwalk
  • US
78 3.4
walkway
51 2.0
path
969 1.0
footpath
  • UK
9 1.9
trail
231 1.4

Surface Forms

walkway singular
walkways plural

Morphology

walkway = walk + way (transparent) = walk + way

Clearly composed of 'walk' + 'way' meaning a path for walking, which B1 learners can derive.

Etymology

Walkway is made from two simple parts, walk ('to move on your feet') and way ('path' or 'road'). It literally means a path for walking, which is why a walkway is a path or route built for people to walk on.