boulevard
boulevards
A boulevard is a type of street. You can get to school by taking the four-lane boulevard, but to avoid all the traffic, you might use the less-traveled side streets.
A boulevard is a street or avenue, especially one that's very wide and lined with trees. Many boulevards have a median strip of grass and sometimes trees. Boulevard strip is the regional term for a patch of grass between a curb and a sidewalk, which in other places is called a tree lawn. The French word boulevard literally means "rampart," or "defensive embankment." Later it was adapted to mean "a promenade beside a rampart."
Definitions of boulevard
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a wide street or thoroughfare
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synonyms:
avenue
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examples:
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Fifth Avenue
an avenue in Manhattan that separates the east side of Manhattan from the west side
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Seventh Avenue
an avenue in Manhattan that runs north and south
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type of:
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street
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
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Fifth Avenue
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