boulevard

boul·e·vard

B0418600 (bo͝ol′ə-värd′, bo͞o′lə-)n.1. A broad city street, often tree-lined and landscaped.2. Upper Midwest See boulevard strip.3. Chiefly Midwestern US See median.

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[French, from Old French bollevart, rampart converted to a promenade, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, bulwark; see bulwark.]

boulevard

(ˈbuːlvɑː; -vɑːd) n1. a. a wide usually tree-lined road in a city, often used as a promenadeb. (capital as part of a street name): Sunset Boulevard. 2. (Civil Engineering) chiefly a. a grass strip between the pavement and roadb. the strip of ground between the edge of a private property and the roadc. the centre strip of a road dividing traffic travelling in different directions[C18: from French, from Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark; so called because originally often built on the ruins of an old rampart]

boul•e•vard

(ˈbʊl əˌvɑrd, ˈbu lə-)

n. 1. a broad avenue in a city, usu. having areas at the sides or center for trees, grass, or flowers. 2. Upper Midwest and Canada. a. a strip of lawn between a sidewalk and the curb. b. median (def. 6). [1765–75; < French, Middle French (orig. Picard, Walloon): rampart]

boulevard

- From French, literally "rampart" or a "promenade on the site of a rampart."See also related terms for rampart.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

boulevard - a wide street or thoroughfare avenuestreet - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"

boulevard

noun avenue, street, route, way, lane, highway, motorway, roadway, thoroughfare The boulevard is lined by parking spaces.

boulevard

nounA course affording passage from one place to another:avenue, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, road, roadway, route, street, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way.

Translations

Boulevardλεωφόροςboulevardбульвар