Definition of Boulevard

1. Noun. A wide street or thoroughfare.

Exact synonyms: Avenue
Generic synonyms: Street
Specialized synonyms: Fifth Avenue, Seventh Avenue

Definition of Boulevard

1. n. Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.

Definition of Boulevard

1. Noun. A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boulevard

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boulevard

boulder fern
boulder opal
boulder opals
bouldered
boulderer
boulderers
bouldering
boulderless
boulderlike
boulders
boulderstone
bouldery
bouldly
boule
boules
boulevard (current term)
boulevard stop
boulevard stops
boulevarde
boulevardier
boulevardiers
boulevards
boulimia
boulle
boulles
bouls
boult
boulted

Literary usage of Boulevard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by United States, Congress (1912)
"Occidental boulevard to First street, First street to Occidental boulevard. Occidental boulevard to Sunset boulevard. Sunset boulevard to Alvarado street, ..."

2. Annual Report by Minneapolis (Minn.), Board of Park Commissioners (1903)
"This grand boulevard and driveway should not terminate at University avenue, hut should in time be continued on through one of the avenues in the southeast ..."

3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"... contagion from man to man till it ran westward from the boulevard Bonne Nouvelle into the boulevard Poissoniere, and gained the boulevard Montmartre, ..."

4. The Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow: A Cultural History by Albert J. Schmidt (1989)
"The disappearance of the Belyi Gorod Walls, gates, and towers after 1750, it must be remembered, did not result in an instant emergence of a boulevard Ring. ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas for the by Charles Patrick Daly (1891)
"Southern boulevard R. Co. however, and thereby imposed upon the defendants a burden which the)' had no right to do, for the law will not allow even a ..."

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