BOULEVARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boulevard mean? 

• BOULEVARD (noun)
  The noun BOULEVARD has 1 sense:

1. a wide street or thoroughfare

  Familiarity information: BOULEVARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOULEVARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wide street or thoroughfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

avenue; boulevard

Hypernyms ("boulevard" is a kind of...):

street (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)

Instance hyponyms:

Fifth Avenue (an avenue in Manhattan that separates the east side of Manhattan from the west side)

Seventh Avenue (an avenue in Manhattan that runs north and south)

 Context examples 

Dirty old hole, isn't it? he added, with a look of disgust as they drove along the boulevard to the Place Napoleon in the old city.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)