Meaning & use
Parkway
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A broad landscaped highway, often divided and bordered with trees or grass.
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They drove down the parkway, admiring the autumn foliage along the median.
The city built a new parkway to ease traffic between the suburbs and downtown.
A note on using this word
Early American parkways, like those designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, were meant to combine transportation with recreational green space.
Words with a similar meaning
boulevardthoroughfare
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