Sidewalk
['saɪdwɔːk] or ['saɪdwɔk]
Definition
(noun.) walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway.
Editor: Trudy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.
Checker: Mollie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Foot-way (at the side of a street), foot-path.
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Examples
- After getting our lunch and upon reaching the sidewalk, Borst opened his mouth, and said: 'That's a great place; a plate of cakes, a cup of coffee, and a Russian bath, for ten cents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Finally the Tammany leader called a halt, as we were running big engine lathes out on the sidewalk, and he was afraid we were carrying it a little too far. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The woman said good-by and we went out onto the sidewalk. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- As our business increased enormously, our quarters became too small, so we saw the district Tammany leader and asked him if we could not store castings and other things on the sidewalk. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The completeness of the analogy was, however, disturbed as she reached the sidewalk by the rapid approach of a hansom which pulled up at sight of her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And under the arcade on the sidewalk in front of their club was where they had their chairs and tables for their club. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He lay there, his face waxy gray against the cement sidewalk, his hands bent under him as they had been in the car. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I stopped the driver and Catherine got out, walked across the sidewalk and went inside. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There are seldom any sidewalks, and when there are, they are not often wide enough to pass a man on without caroming on him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Often leaves and grass and sidewalks are so cold that the water vapor in the atmosphere condenses on them, and we say a heavy dew has formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- One of the improvements in the manufacture and use of modern _cements_ and artificial stones consists in their application to the making of streets and sidewalks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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