Definition of boulevard
: a broad often landscaped thoroughfare
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Examples of boulevard in a Sentence
the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
Recent Examples of boulevard from the Web
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If commuters use the service in Richmond, fewer cars will jam the interlocking streets and boulevards that feed the Interstate 80 and 580 freeways, Lewis said.
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If winning regional influence depends on building ports and railroads abroad, or dazzling visitors with skyscrapers and broad boulevards at home, then India’s prospects look bleak.
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Music from street-side patios drifts up and down the boulevard and everything is awash in the liquid velvet of neon.
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Local organizers seem committed to renaming The Paseo, a leafy boulevard of broad green medians that runs north-south through the heart of the city's African American community.
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For those traveling to the Fort Lauderdale beach area, city officials suggest using Sunrise, Oakland Park and Commercial boulevards.
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Ash trees are flourishing on the boulevard because of the insecticide injections.
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The driver of the SUV was driving north on the boulevard when the pedestrian tried to cross in front of a line that had stopped behind a bus.
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The boulevard was so plagued by drug-dealing and prostitution that hundreds of police and federal agents eventually raided and closed several motels there.
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Origin and Etymology of boulevard
French, modification of Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark
boulevard Synonyms
Synonyms
arterial, artery, avenue, drag, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, pike, road, roadway, route, row, street, thoroughfare, thruway, trace, turnpike, way;
Related Words
autoroute, interstate, superhighway;
backstreet, branch, bystreet, byway, crossroad, secondary road, shunpike, side road, side street;
BOULEVARD Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of boulevard for English Language Learners
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: a wide and usually important street that often has trees, grass, or flowers planted down its center or along its sides
BOULEVARD Defined for Kids
Definition of boulevard for Students
: a wide usually major street often having strips with trees, grass, or flowers planted along its center or sides
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