About The Word Avenue
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Avenue
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What's The Definition Of Avenue?
[n] a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding"
[n] a wide street or thoroughfare Synonyms | Synonyms for Avenue: boulevard Related Terms | Find terms related to Avenue: access | aisle | alley | alleyway | ambulatory | aperture | arcade | arterial | arterial highway | arterial street | artery | Autobahn | autoroute | autostrada | belt highway | blind alley | blowhole | boulevard | bypass | byway | camino real | carriageway | causeway | causey | channel | chaussee | chute | circumferential | cloister | close | colonnade | communication | conduit | connection | corduroy road | corridor | county road | court | covered way | crescent | cul-de-sac | dead-end street | debouch | defile | dike | dirt road | door | drag | drive | driveway | egress | emunctory | escape | estuary | exhaust | exit | expressway | ferry | floodgate | flume | ford | freeway | gallery | gravel road | highroad | highway | highways and byways | inlet | interchange | intersection | interstate highway | junction | lane | local road | loophole | main drag | main road | mews | motorway | opening | out | outcome | outfall | outgate | outgo | outlet | overpass | parkway | pass | passage | passageway | path | pave | paved road | pike | place | plank road | pore | port | portico | primary highway | private road | railroad tunnel | right-of-way | ring road | road | roadbed | roadway | route nationale | row | royal road | sally port | secondary road | sluice | speedway | spiracle | spout | state highway | street | superhighway | tap | terrace | thoroughfare | through street | thruway | toll road | township road | track | traject | trajet | tunnel | turnpike | underpass | US highway | vent | ventage | venthole | vomitory | way out | weir | wynd See Also | approach | attack | Fifth Avenue | plan of attack | street Avenue In Webster's Dictionary \Av"e*nue\, n. [F. avenue, fr. avenir to come to, L.
advenire. See {Advene}.]
1. A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by
which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of
exit. ``The avenues leading to the city by land.''
--Macaulay.
On every side were expanding new avenues of inquiry.
--Milman.
2. The principal walk or approach to a house which is
withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach
bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus
bordered.
An avenue of tall elms and branching chestnuts. --W.
Black.
3. A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York.
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