Meaning & use
tree-lined road
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Meanings
nouncountable
A road that has trees growing along one or both sides of it.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a tree-lined road or two tree-lined roads.
Patterns
- a tree-lined road
- along a tree-lined road
- a tree-lined road with something
They bought a house on a quiet tree-lined road near the park.
We cycled along a tree-lined road that led out of the village.
The tree-lined road into town is beautiful in autumn.
nouncountable
Used more generally to describe any street or route that is shaded or bordered by rows of trees.
Grammar: Often used in descriptions of neighborhoods and campuses; street, avenue or lane can replace road.
Patterns
- a tree-lined street
- a tree-lined avenue
- a tree-lined lane
The university campus has several tree-lined streets where students like to walk.
She grew up on a tree-lined avenue in the old part of the city.
Word forms
| plural | tree-lined roads |
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Common combinations
- a quiet tree-lined road
- They live on a quiet tree-lined road just outside the center.
- a tree-lined street
- The parade went down a wide tree-lined street.
- along a tree-lined road
- We drove along a tree-lined road for about an hour.
- a tree-lined avenue
- The hotel is on a handsome tree-lined avenue.
- shade on a tree-lined road
- In summer there is plenty of shade on a tree-lined road.
Synonyms and how they differ
- leafy street
- Informal and mainly British; it stresses the green, pleasant feel of the area rather than the trees themselves.
- boulevard
- A wide city street, often with trees, but the word emphasizes width and importance, not the trees.
- avenue
- A broad street, usually with trees; it fits grand or formal town planning better than an ordinary small road.
Word family
Commonly confused: tree-lined road or tree-lined street? tree-lined road or wooded road?
tree-lined road vs tree-lined street
Very close in meaning, but street is the usual word inside towns, while road often suggests a route between places.
tree-lined road vs wooded road
A wooded road passes through a forest, where trees grow on both sides and beyond; a tree-lined road simply has trees planted along it.
Practice
Which sentence uses the expression correctly?
Choose one answer.
The compound adjective tree-lined goes before the noun and takes a hyphen: a tree-lined road. Option 1 puts it after the noun, option 2 puts the hyphen in the wrong place, and option 3 drops the hyphen and joins the words incorrectly.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “tree-lined road”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.