boulevard
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈbuːləˌvɑrd/
:
bulevar
- We strolled along the beautiful tree-lined boulevard on a sunny afternoon.
- boulevards and parks
- east boulevard
- grand boulevard
Once you get to meet her, you see her walking down the Boulevard.
- Once you get to meet her, you see her walking down the Boulevard.
- What was in the plan were all these boulevards, but there were no pubs and no coffee houses or anything like that.
Examples
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When I turned the corner and started up the Vandegrift Boulevard hill, he was still coming.
Fiction book (1991) -
Along Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles, businesses have to deal with daily swarms of paparazzi.
Academic text (2013) -
now while I was driving down West Boulevard I saw your car
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Of course, I walk these empty streets on the Boulevard of broken dreams.
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Suspect vehicle headed south on Henry Ford Boulevard.
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A motel on Sunset Boulevard.
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Joe and I were riding on Foothill Boulevard a couple of weeks ago.
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Viewed from the wide boulevards of its cities, India seems to be thriving.
Academic text (1997) -
The great frame houses were hushed and clean; the boulevard was lined with elm trees.
Fiction book (1990) -
A procession came toward the Common, traveling along the broad boulevard Hael had found.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
A public road in a town or city with buildings and sidewalks
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1.0
A wide street often lined with trees and shops
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1.4
The main road in a town where most shops and businesses are
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5.1
A main road that people use to travel between places
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4.5
A short form used on signs for a wide city street often with trees
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4.4
A main road that carries a lot of traffic through a city
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Boulevard comes from a French word that once meant a 'wall' or 'fort', from a Dutch word bolwerk meaning 'fort'. That's why a boulevard today is a wide street often built where old city walls stood and has room for trees and people.