walk-up

[ wawk-uhp ]

/ ˈwɔkˌʌp /

an apartment above the ground floor in a building that has no elevator.

a building, especially an apartment house, that has no elevator.

located above the ground floor in a building that has no elevator.

having no elevator.

accessible to pedestrians from the outside of a building: a walk-up teller's window at a bank.

Origin of walk-up

1915–20, Americanism; noun, adj. use of verb phrase walk up

On leaving the walk-up Jones discovered a restaurant that he judged convenient and vile.

The Paliser case |Edgar Saltus
Paliser got out, preceded Cassy to the steps of the walk-up and smiled in her face.

The Paliser case |Edgar Saltus
The house in which Cassy lived was what is agreeably known as a walk-up.

The Paliser case |Edgar Saltus
It had been arranged that the fallen star was to come to the walk-up and accompany Cassy to the Splendor.

The Paliser case |Edgar Saltus

In the sphere of life to which a walk-up leads, the charts were dotted with but the postman and the corner druggist.

The Paliser case |Edgar Saltus

walk-up

US and Canadian informal