boulevard
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əˌvɑrd, ˈbu noun
1.
a broad avenue in a city, usually having areas at the sides or center for trees, grass, or flowers.
2.
Also called boulevard strip. Upper Midwest. a strip of lawn between a sidewalk and the curb.
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boulevard (ˈbuːlvɑː, -vɑːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a wide usually tree-lined road in a city, often used as a promenade |
| b. (capital as part of a street name): Sunset Boulevard | |
| 2. | chiefly (Canadian) |
| a. a grass strip between the pavement and road | |
| b. the strip of ground between the edge of a private property and the road | |
| c. the centre strip of a road dividing traffic travelling in different directions | |
| [C18: from French, from Middle Dutch bolwerc | |
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Word Origin & History
boulevard
1769, from Fr. boulevard (15c.), originally "top surface of a military rampart," from a garbled attempt to adopt M.Du. bolwerc "wall of a fortification" (see bulwark) into French, which lacks a -w-. The original notion is of a promenade laid out atop demolished city walls,
which would be much wider than urban streets. Originally in English with conscious echoes of Paris; since 1929, in U.S., used of multi-lane limited-access urban highways. Early French attempts to digest the Dutch word also include boloart, boulever, boloirque, bollvercq.
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Example sentences
The original ring was a tree-lined boulevard that traced the path of the city's ancient outer wall.
The pic shows that the boulevard around the corner is a pretty barren wasteland, tree-wise.
Cruise ships dock here regularly, spilling hundreds of tourists onto the main waterfront boulevard.
Sunset boulevard is considered to be the first to employ such extreme cynicism.
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