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boulevard

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Noun
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boule=vard

CIDE DICTIONARY

boulevardn. [F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G. bollwerk. See Bulwark.].
  •  Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

boulevard, n.
1 a broad tree-lined avenue.
2 esp. US a broad main road.

Etymology
F f. G Bollwerk BULWARK, orig. of a promenade on a demolished fortification

THESAURUS

boulevard

Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway, causeway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, dike, dirt road, drag, drive, driveway, expressway, freeway, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, interstate highway, lane, local road, main drag, main road, mews, motorway, parkway, path, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, primary highway, private road, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway, state highway, street, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, track, turnpike, wynd

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