walk-up

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wawk uhp]
- /wɔk ʌp/
- /wɔːk ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wawk uhp]
- /wɔk ʌp/

Definitions of walk-up word

noun walk-up an apartment above the ground floor in a building that has no elevator. 1
noun walk-up a building, especially an apartment house, that has no elevator. 1
adjective walk-up located above the ground floor in a building that has no elevator. 1
adjective walk-up having no elevator. 1
adjective walk-up accessible to pedestrians from the outside of a building: a walk-up teller's window at a bank. 1
countable noun walk-up A walk-up is a tall apartment block which has no lift. You can also refer to an apartment in such a block as a walk-up. 0

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Origin of walk-up

First appearance:

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

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

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Parts of speech for Walk-up

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adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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walk-up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for walk-up

noun walk-up

apartment — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
co-op — A co-op is a co-operative.
cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
coldwater — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
condo — Condo means the same as condominium.

All 13 Synonyms of walk-up