WIDOW'S WALK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does widow's walk mean? 

• WIDOW'S WALK (noun)
  The noun WIDOW'S WALK has 1 sense:

1. a lookout atop a coastal house

  Familiarity information: WIDOW'S WALK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIDOW'S WALK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lookout atop a coastal house

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("widow's walk" is a kind of...):

lookout; lookout station; observation tower; observatory (a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings)