boulevard
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1 a wide street (n.) B2 Upper Intermediatea wide, beautiful street in a city, usually with trees on both sides.
a broad urban thoroughfare, typically landscaped with trees or a central median.
ExampleWe took a long walk down the boulevard to look at the shop windows.
ExampleThe city's main boulevard is lined with historic plane trees that provide welcome shade for pedestrians during the peak of summer.
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2 the grass strip (n.) C1 Advanced American English Dialectthe small strip of grass or land between a sidewalk and the street.
the grassy or landscaped area situated between a roadway and a pedestrian sidewalk.
ExampleThe city asks homeowners to keep the grass on the boulevard neatly mowed.
ExampleLocal ordinances often dictate that while the city owns the boulevard, the adjacent property owner is responsible for its basic maintenance.
UsageThis sense is highly regional; in some areas, it is called a 'verge' or 'parking'.
- verge
- nature strip
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.
- Nounblvd
- Nounboulevard