walkway

[ wawk-wey ]

/ ˈwɔkˌweɪ /

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noun

any passage for walking, especially one connecting the various areas of a ship, factory, park, etc.

a garden path or walk.

the front walk of a house, leading from the door to the sidewalk or road.

skybridge(def 2).

Nearby words

walking-around money, walkman, walkout, walkover, walkshorts, walkway, walky-talky, walkyrie, walküre, die, wall, wall bars

Origin of walkway

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; walk + way¹

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Examples from the Web for walkway

But he loses his backpack in the process and it stays with the cops as he flees down the walkway toward Brooklyn.
Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop|Michael Daly|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The walkway led to a small structure made of wooden slats, from which Daoud heard fluttering and cooing.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel|Robert Shea
"See—over there on the walkway toward the play area," she said.
Anything You Can Do|Gordon Randall Garrett
He drew Hoddan over the breast-high top of the wall and let him down to the walkway inside it.
The Pirates of Ersatz|Murray Leinster

There was a platform that sat in the middle of the fiery lake, connected to the tunnel I had come from by a walkway of stone.
The Revolutions of Time|Jonathan Dunn
"See—over there on the walkway toward the play area," his wife said.
Anything You Can Do ...|Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for walkway

walkway

/ (ˈwɔːkˌweɪ) /

noun

a path designed, and sometimes landscaped, for pedestrian use

a passage or path connecting buildings

a passage or path, esp one for walking over machinery, etc

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walkway

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British Dictionary definitions for walkway

walkway

noun