Greenway

Quick meaning: Greenway is a noun meaning A corridor of undeveloped or parkland, set aside for environmental protection or recreational and primarily nonmotorized use, such as bicycle paths.

Meaning

A corridor of undeveloped or parkland, set aside for environmental protection or recreational and primarily nonmotorized use, such as bicycle paths.

Example Sentences

More than 1,300 trees have been planted along the greenway.

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.

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.

[…] 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.

Word Forms

• greenways
• green way

Synonyms for greenway

Depending on context, synonyms include greenbelt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include greenbelt, greensward, green, guideway, greenscape, green-wood.

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