walk-up

[ wawk-uhp ]

/ ˈwɔkˌʌp /

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noun

an apartment above the ground floor in a building that has no elevator.

a building, especially an apartment house, that has no elevator.

adjective

located above the ground floor in a building that has no elevator.

having no elevator.

accessible to pedestrians from the outside of a building: a walk-up teller's window at a bank.

Nearby words

walk-off, walk-on, walk-out, walk-through, walk-through angina, walk-up, walkable, walkabout, walkaround pay, walkathon, walkaway

Origin of walk-up

1915–20, Americanism; noun, adj. use of verb phrase walk up

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Examples from the Web for walk-up

On leaving the walk-up Jones discovered a restaurant that he judged convenient and vile.
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Paliser got out, preceded Cassy to the steps of the walk-up and smiled in her face.
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The house in which Cassy lived was what is agreeably known as a walk-up.
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It had been arranged that the fallen star was to come to the walk-up and accompany Cassy to the Splendor.
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In the sphere of life to which a walk-up leads, the charts were dotted with but the postman and the corner druggist.
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British Dictionary definitions for walk-up

walk-up

noun

US and Canadian informal

a block of flats having no lift
(as modifier)a walk-up block

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