Antonyms for avenues

Grammar : Noun

Spell : av-uh-nyoo, -noo

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæv əˌnyu, -ˌnu

Definition of avenues

Origin : c.1600, "a way of approach" (originally a military word), from Middle French avenue "way of access," from Old French avenue "act of approaching, arrival," noun use of fem. of avenu, past participle of avenir "to come to, arrive," from Latin advenire "to come to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + venire "to come" (see venue). Meaning shifted to "a way of approach to a country-house," usually bordered by trees, hence, "a broad, tree-lined roadway" (1650s), then to "wide, main street" (by 1846, especially in U.S.).

noun street; path

Example sentences :

Oceans and land and sky are avenues for our colossal commerce.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

The vistas of the avenues seemed to empty her stomach all the more.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

In the avenues I found a rain of sunbeams that thrilled me with desire.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

Avenues intersected the great blocks of ripening amber cane.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

This is manifest in the daily press; in music and drama; and in all the avenues of the senses.
Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad

But the search here only reveals half a dozen avenues of escape.
Extract from : « A War-Time Wooing » by Charles King

These avenues could sometimes be seen stretching for miles across the country.
Extract from : « Rollo in Holland » by Jacob Abbott

At the corner of Grand and Greene avenues we thought it well to ask our way.
Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

Faces from all the benches and avenues were turned in their direction.
Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton

The military roads were paved with stone, and had walls and avenues of trees.
Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin

Synonyms for avenues

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