Catwalk

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
  2. 2
    narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge) wordnet
  3. 3
    Any similar elevated walkway.

    "The lengthening [of the District Line platforms] is being done so that passengers will no longer have to use the narrow catwalks to enter and leave the front and rear portions of eight-car trains."

  4. 4
    narrow platform extending out into an auditorium wordnet
  5. 5
    A narrow elevated stage on which models parade.
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  1. 6
    The business of making clothes for fashion shows. broadly

Synonyms

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airshipalamedabascule bridgebateau bridgebeaten pathbeaten track

Example

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"The theatre had a catwalk above the stage."

Etymology

From cat + walk.

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