boulevard
Americannoun
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a broad avenue in a city, usually having areas at the sides or center for trees, grass, or flowers.
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Also called boulevard strip. Upper Midwest. a strip of lawn between a sidewalk and the curb.
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a wide usually tree-lined road in a city, often used as a promenade
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( capital as part of a street name )
Sunset Boulevard
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a grass strip between the pavement and road
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the strip of ground between the edge of a private property and the road
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the centre strip of a road dividing traffic travelling in different directions
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Related Words
See street.
Etymology
Origin of boulevard
First recorded in 1765–75; from French, Middle French (originally Picard, Walloon ): “rampart, avenue built on the site of a razed rampart,” from Middle Dutch bol(le)werc; bulwark
Example Sentences
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Organizers are considering placing the gateway for the cultural district along Crenshaw Boulevard near Jefferson or Martin Luther King boulevards.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s easy to imagine him driving it down the wide boulevards of Buenos Aires.
"Europe's security under construction" boasts the slogan on an eye-catching set of sleek black-and-white photographs, festooned across a scaffolding-clad church on one of this town's best known pedestrian boulevards.
From BBC
Prince William also met a delegation including the mayor of Riyadh at the boulevard, which is aiming to become the world's largest linear park upon completion.
From BBC
Along the leafy boulevards of Buenos Aires, optimism is rising as the government softens financial controls, encouraging Argentines to plow previously undeclared cash into everything from cars to real estate.
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