Park Avenue
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3.4
- proper noun
- /pɑrk ˈævəˌnu/
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Park Avenue
- Living on Park Avenue is often seen as a symbol of wealth and status.
- Park Avenue apartment
- penthouse on Park Avenue
- Park Avenue Hotel
Examples
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Nowhere, Gibney asserts, is this more evident than on Park Avenue in New York.
Blog text (32) -
We walked back along Park Avenue, the smell of the railroad below rising through the grates.
Fiction book (1996) -
I grew up on Park Avenue in New York City.
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His parents grew up on Park Avenue.
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No one would ever guess she had grown up on Park Avenue.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'd be back on Park Avenue.
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It's not a house, it's a penthouse on Park Avenue.
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We moved to 1060 Park Avenue.
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Oh, Gus, honey, I have an open house on Park Avenue today.
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And we live right here on Park Avenue in a big apartment; a penthouse.
Synonyms
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3.3
A famous street in Manhattan known for expensive shops and landmarks
A famous street in New York that has large expensive apartments
Surface Forms
Morphology
Park + avenue
A B1 learner who knows 'park' (green public space) and 'avenue' (broad street) can infer that Park Avenue refers to a street, so part of the meaning is compositionally transparent. However, the specific sociocultural sense — a famous New York address associated with wealth and prestige — is conventionalized and requires world knowledge; that additional connotation is not derivable from the constituents alone.
Etymology
Park Avenue got its name from a wide strip with trees in the middle that looked like a park between the two sides of the avenue. Because rich, elegant buildings were built along this calm, green street, Park Avenue came to mean a fashionable, wealthy address.