avenue
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈæv.əˌnjuː/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈæv.əˌnu/
Noun

avenue (plural avenues)

  1. A broad street, especially one bordered by trees.
  2. 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.
  3. The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
  4. A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
    There are several avenues by which we can approach this problem.
  5. (urban toponymy) A street, especially, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is in a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
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