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walk-in

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: walk-in

1
nadj
a small room large enough to admit entrance
(of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter
2
n
an assured victory (especially in an election)
3
n
person who walks in without having an appointment
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: walk-in
1

n a small room large enough to admit entrance

Type of:
room
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

adj (of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter

“a deep walk-in refrigerator”
walk-in closets”
Synonyms
deep
having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
2

n an assured victory (especially in an election)

Synonyms:
waltz
Type of:
triumph, victory
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
3

n person who walks in without having an appointment

Type of:
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being

n an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum

Type of:
defector, deserter
a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
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