Street
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /stɹiːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Street is a noun meaning A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
Meaning
A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
More Meanings
- A road as above, but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
- (specifically, US, Canada) The roads that run perpendicular to avenues in a grid layout.
- Metonymic senses:
- (attributive) Living in the streets.
- (figuratively) A great distance.
- (slang, uncountable) Streetwise slang.
- (slang, in the plural) People in general, as a source of information.
Example Sentences
a street cat
a street urchin
Toaster is street for guns.
I've been shopping in Oxford Street.
Word Forms
- streets
- streete
- streat
- streate
- streeting
- streeted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include avenue, lane, boulevard, driveway, roadside, thoroughfare.
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