avenue: Meaning and Definition of

av•e•nue

1. a wide street or main thoroughfare.
2. a means of access or attainment: avenues of escape; avenues to greater power.
3. a way or means of entering into or approaching a place: the various avenues to India.
1. a wide, usually tree-lined road, path, driveway, etc., through grounds to a country house or monumental building.
2. a suburban, usually tree-lined residential street.