Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A broad landscaped highway, often divided by a planted median strip.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A broad thoroughfare planted with trees and intended for recreation as well as for common street traffic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wide scenic road planted with trees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a road, a
thoroughfare - noun US a scenic freeway
- noun US a
divided highway with a landscaped median - noun rail transport, UK, Australia a railway station built on the edge of a town, typically with a large car park to function as a
park and ride interchange.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wide scenic road planted with trees
Etymologies
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Examples
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(The lower portion of Jakes Branch in South Toms River, east of the parkway, is classified as Hardwood Swamp Forest).
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The Beachwood area west of the parkway is not curerntly served by the Beachwood Borough Utilities Authority sewer system.
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(The lower portion of Jakes Branch in South Toms River, east of the parkway, is classified as Hardwood Swamp Forest).
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And trying to "merge" on the the parkway from a sidestreet was like trying to get on a California freeway in a Geo Metro.
Sunday Parkways: not really a pedestrian thing (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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The Beachwood area west of the parkway is not curerntly served by the Beachwood Borough Utilities Authority sewer system.
Beachwood Borough Master Plan, Part IV « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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The Beachwood area west of the parkway is not curerntly served by the Beachwood Borough Utilities Authority sewer system.
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(The lower portion of Jakes Branch in South Toms River, east of the parkway, is classified as Hardwood Swamp Forest).
Beachwood Borough Master Plan, Part IV « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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Actually, three miles away from a parkway is pretty ideal in terms of property values.
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Actually, three miles away from a parkway is pretty ideal in terms of property values.
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“We could be done with the development by the time the parkway is installed.”
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