crosswalk
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈkrɔːsˌwɔːk/
- US
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paso de peatones
- As Emil collects his change, he sees an old blind woman waiting at the crosswalk.
I assume there's a baby in there, and now the crosswalk's blocked by this cruise vehicle.
- I assume there's a baby in there, and now the crosswalk's blocked by this cruise vehicle.
- When you're driving and see a pediatrician approaching a crosswalk, you are to slow down and stop.
- They used red lights and crosswalks as props for public performance art.
- So things like as we're building new roads, let's make sure that we have bike paths or crosswalks so people can actually walk safely in their neighborhoods.
- And, but here's how I know the world's, you know, when I stop at a crosswalk, the world's fastest people are the world's slowest pedestrians.
- So in other words, they have to be considered for narrower lanes, which calms traffic, for bike lanes, for wider sidewalks, for trees, for safe crosswalks.
Examples
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The light changed as she stepped into the crosswalk, and she quickened her pace.
Fiction book (1995) -
Next time, use a crosswalk to cross the busy street safely.
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and had a crosswalk right there with lights.
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The other day, I was at this crosswalk.
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Maybe we should look for a crosswalk.
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Next time use a crosswalk.
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I saw the car start to turn into the crosswalk, right where Eric was riding.
Blog text (2) -
I generally try to cross streets at crosswalks because I like not getting hit by cars.
Blog text (16) -
Pedestrians have the right of way, especially in a crosswalk. Good for her then.
Blog text (1) -
And if we walk in the crosswalks and we obey the stoplights, we'll all be OK.
Synonyms
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1.7
A place where two roads or paths meet so people can go across
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1.3
A marked place on a road where drivers must stop for people to cross
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1.9
A marked place on a road where children cross with an adult helping
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2.1
A place on the road with wide white stripes where people walking can cross and cars must stop
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4.3
A bridge or path that lets people cross to the other side of a road
A place on the road where people press a button to stop traffic and cross
How Safe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crosswalk is made of cross and walk, and it literally means a 'walk' to 'cross' the street, so a crosswalk is the marked place where people go from one side of the road to the other safely.