walk-up

American  

[wawk-uhp] / ˈwɔkˌʌp /

noun

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

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

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adjective

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

2. having no elevator.

3. accessible to pedestrians from the outside of a building.

   a walk-up teller's window at a bank.

walk-up British  

noun

1. informal

   1. a block of flats having no lift

   2. ( as modifier )

      a walk-up block

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Etymology

Origin of walk-up

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

Example Sentences

“Our digital sales were still very healthy, indicative of the demand for our brand despite the weather that impacted our walk-up traffic,” Lynch says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Aunt Hila just had to live on the top floor of her walk-up, even though she had enough money to move into Manhattan, or at least into a building with an elevator.

From Literature

His current Kendrick Lamar song is cool, but Smith is on this list in honor of a previous walk-up song that endeared him to Dodgers fans as that rare player who can laugh at himself.

From Los Angeles Times

The son of a 19-year-old unwed mother, Ellison grew up in a modest walk-up apartment on Chicago’s South Side, where he was raised by her aunt and uncle.

From Los Angeles Times

But all the characters racing up and down the stairs of his uber-New York walk-up hovel are a howl.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• co-op
• condo
• condominium
• cooperative
• flat
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