English Dictionary: avenue | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for avenue | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Avenue \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. [bd]The avenues leading to the city by land.[b8] --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 The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.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. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Avenue, MD Zip code(s): 20609 |