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parkway

[ pahrk-wey ]

noun

  1. a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.
  2. Chiefly New York State and Western New England. a strip of grass, sometimes planted with trees or shrubs, between a sidewalk and curb.


parkway

/ ˈpɑːkˌweɪ /

noun

  1. (in the US and Canada) a wide road planted with trees, turf, etc


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Word History and Origins

Origin of parkway1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; park + way 1

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Example Sentences

If nothing else, the cop himself should have called 911 when the group decided to block the Henry Hudson Parkway.

A week later, Lopez was dead at age 29—shot and killed with an illegal gun on the side of a Long Island parkway.

Maueen's was one of the four bodies found in the bushes of Long Island's Ocean Parkway.

A narrow parkway cuts through the beach here, with only sand dunes and brush on each side.

Across from the county jail on the parkway there near the esplanade.

Telling the driver to follow him, he descended and crossed to where Cathedral Parkway switches off.

But when Victor left the parkway he saw in his mirror no flashing red light, somewhere he had lost the police.

A patrol car caught up with him on Grand Central Parkway and forced him off the road.

For the five mile ride along the parkway there was no need of observing the speed regulations.

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