boulevard

/ˌbʊləˈvɑrd/

/ˈbulɛvɑd/

Other forms: 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

1. noun

   a wide street or thoroughfare
   synonyms: avenue

   examples:

   Fifth Avenue

   an avenue in Manhattan that separates the east side of Manhattan from the west side

   Seventh Avenue

   an avenue in Manhattan that runs north and south

   type of:

   street

   a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings