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AMBULATORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A covered walkway (as in a cloister)
Example:
it has an ambulatory and seven chapels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ambulatory" is a kind of...):
paseo; walk; walkway (a path set aside for walking)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Able to walk about
Example:
the patient is ambulatory
Synonyms:
ambulant; ambulatory
Classified under:
Similar:
mobile (moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place))
Derivation:
ambulate (walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or adapted for walking
Example:
an ambulatory corridor
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
ambulation (walking about)
Derivation:
ambulation (walking about)
