walk-in

walk-in (wôkn)

adj.

1. Large enough to admit entrance: a walk-in closet.

2. Located so as to be entered directly from the street: a walk-in apartment.

n.

1. A room large enough to admit entrance.

2. An easily won victory, especially in an election.

3. Slang

a. One who walks in without having an appointment.

b. One, such as a spy, who initiates defection from one's own country to another, usually hostile country, without having been encouraged to do so.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	walk-in - person who walks in without having an appointment; "the emergency room was overrun with walk-ins" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	walk-in - an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum defector, deserter - a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent - a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
	3.	walk-in - an assured victory (especially in an election) waltz triumph, victory - a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"
	4.	walk-in - a small room large enough to admit entrance room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
Adj.	1.	walk-in - (of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter; "a deep walk-in refrigerator"; "walk-in closets" deep - having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"