greenway
greenway noun: a corridor of undeveloped land or parkland, set aside for environmental protection or recreational and primarily nonmotorized use, such as bicycle paths.
Noun
greenway (plural greenways)
- A corridor of undeveloped land or parkland, set aside for environmental protection or recreational and primarily nonmotorized use, such as bicycle paths.
- By their nature, railways tend to avoid steep gradients, with the result that these greenways are mostly on level, traffic-free paths, ideal for cycling.2002 January 27, Tony Kelly, “Nothing to use but your chains”, in The Guardian
- […] that signify her drawn-out efforts to raise the $15 million necessary to open the Gynns Falls Trail, a 14-mile urban greenway in her native Baltimore that took 12 years instead of the three she had predicted.2007 July 27, Robin Finn, “A Serious Obsession With Playgrounds”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- green belt
Proper noun capitalized: Greenway
Greenway (countable and uncountable, plural Greenways)
- A surname.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Francis Greenway.
- A community in the Rural Municipality of Argyle, south-central Manitoba, Canada.
- A community in North Middlesex, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
- An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- A minor city in Clay County, Arkansas.
- A township in Itasca County, Minnesota, named after John Campbell Greenway.
- An unincorporated community in McPherson County, South Dakota.
- A neighbourhood in south-east Washington, D.C..
- A hamlet in Dymock parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7033).
- A suburban area in Bishops Lydeard parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district before that (OS grid ref ST1629).
- A hamlet in Rock parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7470).
- A hamlet in Puncheston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0630).
- A hamlet in St Nicholas and Bonvilston community, Vale of Glamorgan borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0574).
Examples of greenway in a sentence
- More than 1,300 trees have been planted along the greenway.2008 February 24, Abby Goodnough, “Boston Has High Hopes Now That the Dig Is Done”, in New York Times:
- In general, the smaller, more heavily used and less biologically intact greenways, will likely have less biodiversity value compared to larger, more intact greenways with less human activity.2019, Jodi A. Hilty, Annika T. H. Keeley, Adina M. Merenlender, William Z. Lidicker Jr, Corridor Ecology, 2nd edition, Island Press, →ISBN...
Synonyms of greenway
Forms of greenway
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | greenways |
| alternative form | green way |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Greenways |
Origin of greenway
From green + way.
Words formed from greenway
Questions about greenway
- What does greenway mean?
- Greenway means a corridor of undeveloped land or parkland, set aside for environmental protection or recreational and primarily nonmotorized use, such as bicycle paths.
- How do you use greenway in a sentence?
- More than 1,300 trees have been planted along the greenway.
- What part of speech is greenway?
- Greenway can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of greenway?
- The plural of greenway is greenways.
Words near greenway in the dictionary
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