walk-up

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adjective

ˈwȯk-ˌəp 

1

: located above the ground floor in a building with no elevator

a walk-up apartment

2

: consisting of several stories and having no elevator

a walk-up tenement

3

: designed to allow pedestrians to be served without entering a building

the walk-up window of a bank

walk-up

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noun

: an apartment or office building of several stories that has no elevator

also : an apartment or office in such a building

Examples of walk-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Marcus was born in 1929, months before the Great Depression, and his family lived in a fourth-floor walk-up tenement in Newark, New Jersey. —Lee Habeeb, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

The Multnomah County Elections building, at 1040 SE Morrison Street, has a walk-up slot and drive-up drop boxes on both SE 11th Avenue and SE Belmont Street. —Kale Williams, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024

Noun

Cousin’s also has a gift shop, complete with a walk-up bakery counter that sells, among other things, cinnamon rolls the size of a plate. —Jevensen, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023

John Niederkorn’s walk-up song neatly described the intensity of the game and the goofiness of the team. —Stephanie Salas-Vega, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1907, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

walk-up

noun

ˈwȯ-ˌkəp

: an apartment or office building without an elevator

walk-up adjective