walk-up

/ˌwɔk ˈʌp/
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Definitions of walk-up
  1. noun
    an apartment building without an elevator
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    type of:
    apartment building, apartment house
    a building that is divided into apartments
  2. noun
    an apartment in a building without an elevator
    synonyms: walk-up apartment
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    type of:
    apartment, flat
    a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
  3. adjective
    a building with no elevator
    “a walk-up apartment”
    synonyms:
    low-rise
    used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low
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