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

/ ˈpɑːkˌweɪ /

noun

1. (in the US and Canada) a wide road planted with trees, turf, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of parkway¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; park + way ¹

Example Sentences

In exchange, the city’s parkway program provided free native plants suitable for Long Beach to replant the area and mulch to help retain rainwater.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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?

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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