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parkway

[ pahrk-wey ]

noun

  1. a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.
  2. Chiefly New York State and Western New England. a strip of grass, sometimes planted with trees or shrubs, between a sidewalk and curb.


parkway

/ ˈɑːˌɱɪ /

noun

  1. (in the US and Canada) a wide road planted with trees, turf, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parkway1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; park + way 1
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The goal was to suppress the weeds on the parkway so they didn’t add more seeds to the habitat she was trying to create on the other side of the sidewalk.

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After sunrise, the city went to work clearing an encampment along the parkway between the 110 Freeway and the flood channel that’s existed there since the beginning of the pandemic.

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But builders have been ordered to chop down trees, tear out grass parkways, move streetlights and power poles, and even reduce sidewalk space — and for what?

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The suspect fled the bank, near the intersection of Portola and Bake parkways, before deputies arrived.

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Many municipalities and utilities around L.A. offer free trees for residents to plant in their yards or they will add trees to parkways.

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