Definition of Avenoe
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is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A broad street, especially one bordered by trees.
- 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- The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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