Definition of sidewalk
: a usually paved walk for pedestrians at the side of a street
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Examples of sidewalk in a Sentence
Bicycles are not allowed on the sidewalk.
Recent Examples of sidewalk from the Web
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Across the capital, new restaurants, sidewalk cafes and other businesses are spreading out.
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Across the capital, new restaurants, sidewalk cafes and other businesses are spreading out.
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Across the capital, new restaurants, sidewalk cafes and other businesses are spreading out.
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THE PLACE Once occupied by Experimental Cocktail Club, the two-room bar sits aside the Box, a burlesque theater whose patrons clog the sidewalk, and faces Sara D. Roosevelt Park.
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Another man, 20, was writhing in pain on the sidewalk, bleeding from abdomen wounds through his T-shirt.
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Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 38-year-old man who was found suffering from a stab wound on a sidewalk in North Park Monday night.
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In Riverdale, the intersection of Halsted and 144th Street will be improved, with work including sidewalk and pedestrian crossing upgrades and traffic signal modifications.
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Last year, bricks and debris began falling off the building and onto the sidewalk below.
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First Known Use of sidewalk
1739
SIDEWALK Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of sidewalk for English Language Learners
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: a usually concrete path along the side of a street for people to walk on
SIDEWALK Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of sidewalk for Students
: a usually paved walk at the side of a street or road
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