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- [sahyd-wawk]
- /ˈsaɪdˌwɔk/
- /ˈsaɪd.wɔːk/
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- [sahyd-wawk]
- /ˈsaɪdˌwɔk/
Definitions of sidewalk word
- noun sidewalk a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road. 1
- noun sidewalk pavement: path for pedestrians 1
- countable noun sidewalk A sidewalk is a path with a hard surface by the side of a road. 0
- noun sidewalk a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a road 0
- noun sidewalk a path for pedestrians, usually paved, along the side of a street 0
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Origin of sidewalk
First appearance:
before 1660 One of the 46% oldest English words
First recorded in 1660-70; side1 + walk
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sidewalk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sidewalk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sidewalk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sidewalk
noun sidewalk
- boardwalk — A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
- bypath — a little-used path or track, esp in the country
- byway — A byway is a small road which is not used by many cars or people.
- flagstone — Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
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