boulevard

noun

ˈbu̇-lə-ˌvärd How to pronounce boulevard (audio)
Definition of boulevardnext
as in street
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards

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Recent Examples of boulevard The zone includes anything within a 30-mile radius of Beverly and La Cienega boulevards (the historic home of the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers), as well as certain other locations like Castaic, Pomona and the Ontario airport. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025 Spend the afternoon strolling the scenic Venice Canals, which were built in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney, and his eponymous boulevard, which has become a haven for designers local as well as far-flung. — Sheila Yasmin Marikar, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025 Wilcox Avenue between Sunset and Cahuenga boulevards. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025 Before water from the Owens Valley was brought to L.A., and Hollywood studios began to line its boulevards, the city was dominated by more straightforwardly industrial industries. — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boulevard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boulevard
  1. street
  2. highway
  3. thoroughfare
  4. road
  5. freeway
  6. expressway
  7. route
  8. roadway
Noun
  • Truck Driver Swallowed by Giant Sinkhole in Japan as Rescuers Work to Retrieve Vehicle Resident Terrance Perkins told WFAA that during heavy rain, streets in the area bear the brunt of the overflow of water from the White Rock Lake and Prairie Creek dams.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This is not the homeless problem that New Yorkers are most familiar with: people sleeping on subway cars or begging for change on street corners, often struggling with mental illness or addiction.
    — Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of street
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    — Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Dire wolves did overlap with early humans at the end of the Ice Age, around 11,500 years ago, but humans had barely invented agriculture at that point, let alone begun building the cities and interstate highways that would encroach upon the natural world.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of highway
Noun
  • Cars are not allowed to stop on the side of the super-speedy thoroughfare for avoidable reasons, such as an empty tank.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
  • There’s reliable bus and taxi service to nearby towns, including Chapala and Ajijic and a miles-long paved path along the main thoroughfare for walkers, bikers and joggers.
    — Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of thoroughfare
Noun
  • Electric cars hit the roads and smart phones hit the stores.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The Chubs had a long road to this seemingly happy ending.
    — Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of road
Noun
  • Late night and early morning commuters can expect detours along the freeways linking Fort Worth to Weatherford this weekend.
    — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The slow-speed pursuit traveled on freeways in Oceanside, Carlsbad and then back toward Escondido.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of freeway
Noun
  • Some Chicago expressways are already using ramp metering.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Minutes before his disabled car was rear-ended in a hit-and-run crash that killed him, nightlife impresario Darryl Mathis Jr. was posting video to Instagram on the misfortune of being stranded on a Bronx expressway in the middle of the night.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of expressway
Noun
  • On Thursday, Palmer caught a touchdown running a wheel route.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2025
  • By 1928, only one veteran walked the parade route while the rest rode in cars or in the backs of trucks.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of route
Noun
  • The males that lived near busy roadways behaved more aggressively than those living farther away by approaching the speaker closely and repeatedly swooping low over it, probably in search of the intruder.
    — GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) first confirmed to PEOPLE that a Cessna 310 had crashed into a roadway on Friday, April 11, at around 10:20 a.m.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of roadway

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