Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

walk-in

/wˈɔkˌɪn/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.08 in modern English

Syllables: walk-in
IPA: /wˈɔkˌɪn/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A facility or room which may be walked into:

noun

A facility or room which may be walked into:

noun

A facility or room which may be walked into:

noun

A facility or room which may be walked into:

noun

Someone who walks in (to a place, etc):

noun

Someone who walks in (to a place, etc):

noun

A demonstration or protest in which the participants assemble outside a facility, gain media exposure, and enter the facility in unison.

noun

A person whose original soul has departed the body and been replaced with another.

Example Sentences

"a walk-in bathroom, a walk-in apartment, lived in a walk-in on Lime Street"
"As Officer Byrne watched the front of the building he observed about ten people enter and leave a walk-in apartment unrelated to the buy and bust operation."
"Most teen clinics are walk-ins."
"An increasing demand for skills in niche technologies coupled with higher attrition have prompted these software services firms to organise walk-ins for technology talent too."
"This consideration applies to the location of all types of petroleum-solvent cleaning plants, whether operated as delivery plants, drive-ins, walk-ins, or wholesale establishments."
"As most of the food is prepackaged and frozen, and anyone can cook a hamburger or make a malted, drive-in payrolls run a full third under those for "walk-ins""

Etymology

Deverbal from walk in.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

walk-ins (plural)

Phrases

walk-in closet walk-in freezer walk-in pantry walk-in refrigerator walk-up

Frequently Paired Words

walk-up

Synonyms

waltz

Questions

How do you pronounce walk-in?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɔkˌɪn/.
What does walk-in mean?: A facility or room which may be walked into:
Where does walk-in come from?: Deverbal from walk in.

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