a wide street or thoroughfare

a line of approach; " they explored every avenue they could think of"; " it promises to open new avenues to understanding"

A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit.

The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.

A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York.

A broad street; as, the Fifth in New York.

A way of approach; a wide roadway or drive.

An alley of trees leading to a house: in Amer. a wide street.

A way; alley of trees; wide street.

A broad road.

An entrance or approach to a place; an alley planted with trees, leading to a house; a wide street.

A passage; a road to; an entrance into; a shady walk under trees.

I once took walks down Fifth Avenue when making a visit in town, and I would be perfectly happy if I could do so every day. – A Day Of Fate by E. P. Roe

Life was very pleasant under the Christmas sun up on the avenue – Children of the Tenements by Jacob A. Riis

We were walking home, all of us, along Fifth Avenue that winter afternoon. – The Firing Line by Robert W. Chambers

In the dusk there was something sinister about the aspect of the street, and she hastened back toward Fifth Avenue – The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 2 (of 10) by Edith Wharton

No avenue of thought led to comfort, there was no comfort anywhere. – Saturday's Child by Kathleen Norris

He walked up Broadway instead of Fifth Avenue – Quick Action by Robert W. Chambers

They are just beyond the avenue on the side of the hill. – Marcella by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Aurora rose and softly closed the door which, when open, made an avenue for sound from her room to Estelle's. – Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall

Then putting on his hat, he stole softly from the house and down the avenue – Elsie's Womanhood by Martha Finley

I watched him down the avenue wondering at his strange silence. – A Monk of Cruta by E. Phillips Oppenheim

It remained for Wilbur Cowan to bring Sharon into the game by another avenue – The Wrong Twin by Harry Leon Wilson

We would like to move forward on the twenty- story building on Third Avenue – The Samurai Strategy by Thomas Hoover

And Beauchamp without a word marched down the long avenue white as a ghost, and looking at nobody. – Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald

There was a great house at the corner of the avenue and the cross- street on which he was walking. – Gallegher and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis

The dash made by Mr Selwood saved him for the time, for though the vicar and his followers, with whom was now the landlord, did not reach the young man, they rent the crowd of assailants so as to make an avenue for him to escape, and he darted off at full speed towards the vicarage. – The Parson O' Dumford by George Manville Fenn

Accompanied by Lena, I hurried away to Third Avenue – That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green

He turned and fled down the avenue like a deer. – Ungava by R.M. Ballantyne

Such a direct and natural avenue for affection, such a wide field for interest! – The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan

Lives on Fifth Avenue not far down from here. – Vicky Van by Carolyn Wells

The next day was Sunday, and in the afternoon Donal and Davie were walking in the old avenue together. – Donal Grant by George MacDonald