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# sidewalk

«sidewalk» in Mova's school dictionary: **A path at the side of a road where people walk; British…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sidewalk, sidewalks)

### meaning for a pupil

(American) A path at the side of a road where people walk; British and Australian «pavement» or «footpath». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In road-safety lessons, stay on the sidewalk, walk on the side away from the road, watch for cars coming out of driveways, and cross only at corners or crossings. Children draw with sidewalk chalk. Phrases: «on the sidewalk», «sidewalk chalk», «cross the street».

### examples

- Stay on the sidewalk and away from the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/#x1)
- We drew hopscotch with sidewalk chalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/#x2)
- The sidewalk was icy, so we walked slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/#x3)
- Watch out for cars backing out of driveways across the sidewalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/#x4)
- Kids rode their scooters along the sidewalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/#x5)
- Don't block the sidewalk with your bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/#x6)
- The sidewalk ends at the corner, so cross carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/#x7)
- Leaves covered the sidewalk in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/#x8)
- At that time the streets were not paved, and there were no sidewalks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/#x9)

### note

Countable; one word. American English. British «pavement», Australian and NZ «footpath»; trap: in American English «pavement» means the road surface, not the path for walkers.

### In the corpora

- [When you hear a siren near a road, stay on the pavement or sidewalk and wait until the vehicle has passed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/12-sounds-that-warn/7/)
- [A girl in Colorado meets a strange cat on the sidewalk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/5/)
- [The path beside a road is a "pavement" in Britain and a "sidewalk" in America.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/21-british-and-american-words/7/)
- [British biscuit, pavement and lift are American cookie, sidewalk and elevator.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sidewalk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.