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Avenue

/ˈævəˌnu/
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(noun) A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.

The ambulance broke down in the middle of the busy avenue.
We walked along an avenue of tall poplars.
CEFR Practice Quiz
They walked down the wide ____ lined with large and tall oak trees.

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