boulevard
n. countablen. a wide city street that often has trees or grass along the sides. It is usually a main road that feels more grand than a regular street.
n. a wide, multi-lane urban thoroughfare, typically lined with trees and often featuring a landscaped median or wide sidewalks.
We walked down the wide boulevard to reach the park.
The city's main boulevard is lined with expensive shops and outdoor cafés that attract many tourists.
The urban planners designed the central boulevard to serve as both a major traffic artery and a scenic promenade for the city's residents.
Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bulwark; more at bole, work.
Often used in proper names of streets; frequently paired with adjectives like 'wide', 'leafy', or 'grand'.