adjective. abounding or swarming with something, as with people: We elbowed our way through the teeming station. prolific or fertile.
a wide street or main thoroughfare. a means of access or attainment: avenues of escape; avenues to greater power. a way or means of entering into or approaching a place: the various avenues to India.
The word 'thoroughfare' is used to refer to a road/street that the public can use to get from one place to another; it usually functions as a route between two places. 'Thoroughfare' originally meant 'through passage'.
A boulevard (French, originally meaning bastion, abbreviated as bd in Metropolitan French, boul in Canadian French, and Blvd in English), is a type of large road, usually running through a city.
thoroughfare
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| definition 1: | a street that opens at both ends into other streets. synonyms: avenue, boulevard, concourse, road, street similar words: artery, highway, pike, roadway, strip, thruway, turnpike |
Roads, route or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise improved for travel.
adjective
- executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
- complete; perfect; utter: thorough enjoyment.
- extremely attentive to accuracy and detail; painstaking: a thorough worker; a thorough analysis.
- having full command or mastery of an art, talent, etc.: a thorough actress.
adjective. strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust. strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight. firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.
The Schlieffen Plan meant Germany had to go through Belgium to attack France, to avoid the border defences and defeat France quickly. The cartoonist is supporting Belgium, hence the caption, 'Bravo Belgium'. The artist is sarcastic towards Germany shown by the sausages hanging from his pocket.
Vicinity in a Sentence ??
- In the vicinity of the police station, the crime rate is very low.
- You will find very few liquor stores in the vicinity of the religious community.
- As parents we were upset when we learned ten sex offenders lived within the vicinity of our subdivision.
I think we will see commodity prices plummet in the coming years. While she despised the man, her feelings still lacked a motive to sever his rope in cold blood and watch him plummet down to the rocks and churning river below.
Stalwart sentence examples
- I prayed our stalwart group of five wasn't down to only me.
- He is described as an undersized, stalwart man with full, rosy cheeks, long snow-white locks, and bright, smiling, black eyes.
- They know just where to turn for help - to Commander Taggart and the stalwart crew of the original Protector.
Venerable in a Sentence ??
- The Pope is a venerable leader who is recognized for his commitment to helping others.
- Since she had worked as a teacher in the school system for over forty years, Mrs.
- The title of country president should only be held by a venerable man who has earned the respect of his countrymen.
