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WALKWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walkway mean? 

WALKWAY (noun)
  The noun WALKWAY has 1 sense:

1. a path set aside for walkingplay

  Familiarity information: WALKWAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WALKWAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A path set aside for walking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

paseo; walk; walkway

Context example:

after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk

Hypernyms ("walkway" is a kind of...):

path (a way especially designed for a particular use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "walkway"):

ambulatory (a covered walkway (as in a cloister))

boardwalk (a walkway made of wooden boards; usually at seaside)

catwalk (narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge))

flagging (a walk of flagstones)

mall; promenade (a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk)

pavement; sidewalk (walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway)

skywalk (an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed))


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