Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moving walkway

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: mov-ing walk-way
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.

American usage

Example Sentences

"The slope [at Bank station, Waterloo & City] was always resented, especially on Monday morning, and it was supplemented by the installation of the Underground's first Trav-o-lator - or moving walkway - in 1960."
"Interim London Transport Commissioner Andy Lord and Transport for London Chief Capital Officer Stuart Harvey opened two new 100-metre moving walkways and three new escalators connectting the Northern and Central lines at Bank station on October 28."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

moving walkways (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

escalator

Synonyms

travelator moving sidewalk movator speedwalk moving pavement walkalator

Questions

What does moving walkway mean?: A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.

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