avenue
IPA: ˈævʌnu
noun
- A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
- A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
- The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
- A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
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Examples of "avenue" in Sentences
- This avenue is the backbone of the district.
- Milwaukee Avenue is to the west of the Village.
- Check out the detail in the avenue on the left.
- The pond was situated to the west of the Yew Avenue.
- The avenue crosses five of the 16 boroughs of the city.
- The creek is crossed by culverts east of Pharmacy Avenue.
- The Yunus Emre Avenue is the main road in the neighbourhood.
- The western section of the waterfront is west of Kearny Avenue.
- A portion of the highway is concurrent with the Avenue of the Saints.
- Pepperwood is the northernmost community along the Avenue of the Giants.
- Why should the House pass the bill with vague hopes of it being improved later, if this obvious avenue is available?
- The reason the last administration didn't pursue that avenue is because there is No Oil in Israel or the Gaza Strip!
- The tree-lined main avenue is still called “Stalin Street” (an ethnic Georgian, Stalin was said to have also had Ossetian roots).
- While SBA loans have traditionally been reserved for riskier businesses, "this is the main avenue for small-business lending today," he says.
- And the city recently changed the main avenue to one-way and added walking and biking paths, says Carrie Broussard, economic development manager for Mid-City Redevelopment Alliance.
- If crude oil really does run out or becomes prohibitively expensive to get, this avenue is available, and additional research and technological improvements need to be actively pursued.