Hypertext Webster Gateway: "avenue"
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. ``The avenues leading to the city by land.''
--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withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
avenue
n 1: a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could
think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to
understanding"
2: a wide street or thoroughfare [syn: {boulevard}]
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