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sidewalk

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side·walk  (sdwôk)
n.
A paved walkway along the side of a street.

sidewalk [ˈsaɪdˌwɔːk]
n
(Engineering / Civil Engineering) the US and Canadian word for pavement
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sidewalksidewalk - walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
pavement, paving - the paved surface of a thoroughfare
paseo, walkway, walk - a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"

sidewalk
noun (U.S. & Canad.) pavement, footpath (Austral.) She stepped off a New York sidewalk into the path of oncoming traffic.
Translations
sidewalk [ˈsaɪdwɔːk] N (US) (= pavement) → acera f, vereda f (LAm), andén m (CAm, Col), banqueta f (Mex)

sidewalk [ˈsaɪdwɔːk] n (US)trottoir m
sidewalk artist n (US) peintre ou dessinateur/dessinatrice qui exerce son art dans la rue.
sidewalk café n (US)terrasse f d'un café

sidewalk [ˈsaɪdˌwɔːk] n (Am) (pavement) → marciapiede m
sidewalk [ˈsaɪdˌwɔːk] n (Am) (pavement) → marciapiede m

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Two women-servants came out with pails and brooms and brushes, and gave the sidewalk a thorough scrubbing; meanwhile two others scrubbed the four marble steps which led up to the door; beyond these we could see some men-servants taking up the carpet of the grand staircase.
Behind the police rearguard, at a respectful distance, was an orderly but vociferous mob, several blocks in length, that congested the street from sidewalk to sidewalk.
Just about the time when I reached extreme physical exhaustion, I came upon a portion of a street where the board sidewalk was considerably elevated.
 
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