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parkway
/ˈpɑɹkˌweɪ/
noun 5name 5
Collocations
5ADJ.
blue, careful
VERB + PARKWAY
called, changed, takes
PARKWAY + NOUN
hospital, kilometers, night, offices
PREP.
into, off, through
ADV.
also, properly
Definitions
noun
1
A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way.
This street, transferred to the West Side park system in 1879, was extended and changed into a parkway passing through that pretty and well-improved urban space, Union Park
Where the boundary roads are the only roads, the whole strip is properly called a parkway; and this name is retained even when the space between the boundary roads is reduced to lowest terms and becomes nothing more than a shaded green ribbon, devoted perhaps to the separate use of the otherwise dangerous electric cars. In other words, parkways, like parks, may be absolutely formal or strikingly picturesque, according to circumstances.
2
A scenic freeway.
3
A divided highway with a landscaped median.
As they cruised, she remembered the old saw: Why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?
4
A tree lawn.
noun
1
A railway station built on the edge of a town, typically with a large car park to function as a park and ride interchange.
name
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A place name:
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Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a wide scenic road planted with trees
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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This street, transferred to the West Side park system in 1879, was extended and changed into a parkway passing through that pretty and well-improved urban space, Union Park
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Where the boundary roads are the only roads, the whole strip is properly called a parkway; and this name is retained even when the space between the boundary roads is reduced to lowest terms and becom
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This would give eight trees at each street intersection, which would finally grow into groups, over-arching and emphasizing these intersections, the blocks between these groups to be planted with smal
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The Blue Ridge Parkway is 755 kilometers long, and runs from North Carolina to Virginia.
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In 2017, the Blue Ridge Parkway was also the busiest of any National Park Service site, with more than 16 million visitors.
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The designers of the parkway were careful that road mixed with the environment in a natural way.
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