sidewalk

[US]/'saɪdwɔːk/
[UK]/'saɪdwɔk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a path with a hard surface on the side of a road for people to walk on, separating the road from buildings.

Phrases & Collocations

sidewalk pavement

sidewalk construction

sidewalk maintenance

cracked sidewalk

sidewalk obstruction

wide sidewalk

Example Sentences

The sidewalk froze and heaved.

Mind the icy sidewalk!

A sidewalk three feet broad.

a sidewalk fruit stand; sidewalk chalk artists.

rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.

tore up the sidewalk to add a drain.

The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.

they were spray-painting sidewalks and buildings.

sidewalks slick with ice.See Synonyms at sleek

sidewalks covered with a dusting of new snow.

The children squared off the sidewalk to play hopscotch.

Gerta and Gillie ran down the sidewalk with some other children in a game of hide-and-seek.

The walk up Fifth Avenue through the slush of the sidewalks and the dankness of the air had tired him.

Shameless hilarity in restaurants, malls, on the sidewalk -- a private world of absurdity and delight, in love with the ridiculousness of the world and each other.

Though the sidewalks were jammed, the faces she saw were as unfamiliar as the signs overhead, new people, many rough-looking men and tawdrily dressed women.

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