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[ noun ] walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway

Synonyms

pavement

Used in print

(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)

We walked down the Rue_de_L_'_Arcade , thence along beside the Madeleine and across to a sidewalk cafe opposite that church .

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

The sun moved slant-wise across the sky and down ; the trees ' shadows circled from street to sidewalk , from sidewalk to lawn .

The sun moved slant-wise across the sky and down ; the trees ' shadows circled from street to sidewalk , from sidewalk to lawn .

But the fences were still in_place fifty odd years ago , and when we stood on the gate to look over , the sidewalk under our eyes was not cement but two rows of paving_stones with grass between and on both sides .

(Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)

For_example , suppose a man wearing a $ 200 watch , driving a 1959 Rolls_Royce , stops to ask a man on the sidewalk , `` What time is it '' ?

Related terms

walk pavement pave

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