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step-free

step-free adjective: without steps or stairs acting as a hindrance or obstacle.

Adjective

step-free (not comparable)

  1. Without steps or stairs acting as a hindrance or obstacle.
    • The upgrades, set to support up to 14,000 new homes in Southwark and Lewisham, include further signalling adjustments to shorten block sections and enable a 20tph service [20 trains per hour], along with an upgrade of Surrey Quays station including provision of step-free access and construction of...2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line Service”, in Modern Railways, page 18
    • Key to the design is the 'intelligent step' that detects various platform positions via ultrasonic sensing equipment, to close the gap between the entrance doorstep [of carriages] and platform edge. This provides step-free access for passengers.2019 October 23, “Testing begins as Merseyrail moves closer to new '777s'”, in Rail, page 29

Origin of step-free

From step + -free.

Questions about step-free

What does step-free mean?
Step-free means without steps or stairs acting as a hindrance or obstacle.
What part of speech is step-free?
Step-free is an adjective.

Words near step-free in the dictionary

  1. step-daughter
  2. step-daughters
  3. step-down
  4. step-father
  5. step-fathers
  6. step-free
  7. step-grandchild
  8. step-grandchildren
  9. step-grandfather
  10. step-grandfathers
  11. step-grandmother

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