walk-down

[ wawk-doun ]

noun

1. a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps:

   It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.

adjective

1. (of a store, restaurant, apartment, etc.) located below the level of the sidewalk:

   a popular walk-down nightclub in Greenwich Village.

Word History and Origins

Origin of walk-down¹

1905–10, Americanism; noun, adj. use of verb phrase walk down

Example Sentences

Liar "I sometimes wish I could be anonymous and just walk down the street like everybody else."

From The Daily Beast

As you walk down Shuhada Street, you see one shuttered storefront after another; hundreds of them.

From The Daily Beast

Princess Ariel and Prince Eric walk down the aisle, and are greeted by a stout clergyman who is allegedly too happy to see them.

From The Daily Beast

Adam Senatori remembers that long, cold walk down the gangplank.

From The Daily Beast

“Did you want to know about rats,” he asked, finally, as we walk down the hill to drink tea in his living room.

From The Daily Beast

Happening to walk down the Rue Saint Honoré, he had come upon tragedy.

From Project Gutenberg

Madame Ratignolle had not far to go, and Edna stood on the porch a while watching her walk down the street.

From Project Gutenberg

It was but a drop of salt water to Miss Read, and she wiped it off, as she asked her guest "to walk down to tea."

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It occurs to me you might take a walk down the Canongate and see in what condition the stone is.

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No, though I have got patent self-controlling cork legs, I can walk down by myself.

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