sidewalk

[ sahyd-wawk ]

noun

1. a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.

sidewalk

/ ˈsaɪdˌwɔːk /

noun

1. a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a road Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)pavement

Word History and Origins

Origin of sidewalk¹

First recorded in 1660–70; side ¹ + walk

Example Sentences

The sidewalk previously featured a row of tables against its large windows — a setup that Shallal called unattractive for diners who were forced to sit awkwardly close to pedestrians going nearby.

From Washington Post

Most people walk by trash they pass on streets and sidewalks.

From Washington Post

The victim was shot on a sidewalk outside a townhouse in the Hunter’s Square community.

From Washington Post

The latest projections show that the city is gonna need upward of $5 billion to fix things like streets, sidewalks and parks.

From Voice of San Diego

Eight years ago, Mayor Todd Gloria, then Council president, pledged to craft an infrastructure-focused ballot measure for the 2016 ballot, to address the city’s crumbling roads, sidewalks, pipes and drains.

From Voice of San Diego

One police officer was coolly dispatched as he lay wounded on the sidewalk.

From The Daily Beast

Mills was lying on the sidewalk, dying, right in front of people trained to save him.

From The Daily Beast

He now stood by the sidewalk shrine to the two fallen officers and said.

From The Daily Beast

Only one of the crowd-control barriers was deployed, to close off a sidewalk as the royals arrived.

From The Daily Beast

A 25-year-old man named Alexander Cooper strode up the sidewalk holding his 3-year-old daughter, Alexis, by the hand.

From The Daily Beast

While the door was open he caught a glimpse of the street outside—and of Glavis on the sidewalk below.

From Project Gutenberg

The messenger looked both ways and finally turned up that sidewalk between the two tenements.

From Project Gutenberg

It was perched high above the sidewalk, for the street but a few years since was a gully, and the grading had deepened it.

From Project Gutenberg

The people make little effort to keep to the sidewalk, but let the fellow who is driving the car do the looking out for them.

From Project Gutenberg

How d'ye stand on the proposition to have the town build a sidewalk up the hill apast the Congregational church, Deacon?

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• boardwalk
• pavement
• walkway