boulevard

noun

bou·​le·​vard ˈbu̇-lə-ˌvärd 

ˈbü-,

 also  ˈbə-

: a broad often landscaped thoroughfare

Synonyms

• arterial
• artery
• avenue
• carriageway [British]
• drag
• drive
• expressway
• freeway
• high road
• highway
• pass
• pike
• road
• roadway
• route
• row
• street
• thoroughfare
• thruway
• trace
• turnpike
• way

Examples of boulevard in a Sentence

the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards

Recent Examples on the Web

Officials with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) told FOX 11 that around 7:40 p.m. on Friday, a man identified as Juan Garcia, 38, was shot in the head and killed after getting into an argument with a group of men at the Metro E Line stop at La Cienega and Jefferson boulevards. —Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 June 2024

The Hammer now has 60% more gallery space, an outdoor sculpture terrace and a more visible entrance on the corner of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards. —Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024

Opposition to the plan, dominated by concern over tree canopy shrinkage, has coalesced into a call for a more comprehensive environmental evaluation of the corridor’s infrastructure needs that, presumably, spares more boulevard trees. —Jerome Johnson, Twin Cities, 16 May 2024

With a boulevard in place, separating the different directions of traffic, drivers would have to make their left turns in an indirect way, using crossovers and for large truck traffic, loons. —Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French, modification of Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

boulevard

noun

bou·​le·​vard ˈbu̇l-ə-ˌvärd 

ˈbül-

: a wide avenue often having grass strips with trees along its center or sides

Etymology

from French boulevard "walkway lined with trees," derived from early Dutch bolwerc "bulwark, rampart"; so called because the earliest boulevards were at sites of razed fortifications — related to bulwark