Boulevard

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boulevard \Bou"le*vard`\, n. [F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G.
     bollwerk. See {Bulwark}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or
        fortified town.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished
        fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  boulevard
       n : a wide street or thoroughfare [syn: {avenue}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "boulevard":
     Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway,
     arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue,
     belt highway, blind alley, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway,
     causeway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close, corduroy road,
     county road, court, crescent, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, dike,
     dirt road, drag, drive, driveway, expressway, freeway, gravel road,
     highroad, highway, highways and byways, interstate highway, lane,
     local road, main drag, main road, mews, motorway, parkway, path,
     pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, primary highway,
     private road, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway,
     route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway,
     state highway, street, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare,
     through street, thruway, toll road, township road, track, turnpike,
     wynd
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Boulevard, CA
    Zip code(s): 91905