sidewalk

[ sahyd-wawk ]

/ ˈsaɪdˌwɔk /

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noun

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

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Origin of sidewalk

First recorded in 1660–70; side¹ + walk

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How to use sidewalk in a sentence

Small wooden shacks filled with canned goods and phone cards clutter the sidewalks.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Stein and Harry, almost always dressed completely in black, are shot walking down sidewalks, dark glasses fixed in place.
The Cult of Blondie: Debbie Harry’s Very Special New York Picture Show|Tim Teeman|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They roll back the sidewalks precisely at ten, And the people who live there are not seen again.
Toledo: The Town Too Tough for Toxic Water|P. J. O’Rourke|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is some debate about how this will affect clinics that abut sidewalks or public streets.
The Supreme Court Lets Abortion Clinics Protect Themselves|Sally Kohn|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The McCullen decision strikes down the Massachusetts law because it includes public streets and sidewalks.
The Supreme Court Lets Abortion Clinics Protect Themselves|Sally Kohn|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They went together, picking their way across muddy streets and sidewalks encumbered with the cheap display of small tradesmen.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
After she left the business blocks the sidewalks again were free of dbris, although she could see the ruin within.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Stores and sidewalks were a mass of surging, thronging humanity now, and progress was slow and uncertain.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch|Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
They were good sidewalks out there, else he would have broken them in bits as he pounded my head on 'em.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
The streets of Cologne are exceedingly narrow, and there are no sidewalks—or scarcely any.
Rollo on the Rhine|Jacob Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for sidewalk

sidewalk

/ (ˈsaɪdˌwɔːk) /

noun

US and Canadian a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a roadAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): pavement

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