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walk-up

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walk·up also walk-up  (wôkp)
n.
1. An apartment house or office building with no elevator.
2. An apartment or office in a building with no elevator.

walk-up
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) US and Canadian informal
a.  a block of flats having no lift
b.  (as modifier) a walk-up block
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.walk-up - an apartment in a building without an elevatorwalk-up - an apartment in a building without an elevator
apartment, flat - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
walk-up - an apartment building without an elevator
2.walk-up - an apartment building without an elevatorwalk-up - an apartment building without an elevator
apartment building, apartment house - a building that is divided into apartments
walk-up, walk-up apartment - an apartment in a building without an elevator
Adj.1.walk-up - a building with no elevator; "a walk-up apartment"
low-rise - used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low; "looking out over the roofs of low-rise apartment buildings"
Translations
walk-up [ˈwɔːkʌp] N (US) (= building) → edificio m sin ascensor; (= flat) → piso m or (LAm) departamento m en un edificio sin ascensor
walk-up [ˈwɔːkˌʌp] n (Am) → casa senza ascensore


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