Definition of street Street

/stɹiˈt/ - [street] - street

We found 21 definitions of street from 7 different sources.

What does street mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: streets
street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
		thoroughfare a public road from one place to another
		alleyway, back street, alley a narrow street with walls on both sides
		boulevard, avenue a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding"
		cross street a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it
		local road, local street a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it
		high street, main street street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town
		mews street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; "she lives in a Chelsea mews"
		pavement, paving the paved surface of a thoroughfare
		rue (French) a street or road in France
		side street a street intersecting a main street and terminating there
street - the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street"
		thoroughfare a public road from one place to another
		one-way street a street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction
street - a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
		opportunity, chance a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
street - the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street"
		environment the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
street - people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"

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Wiktionary

street (Noun)
A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
street (Noun)
A road as above but including the sidewalks pavements and buildings.
street (Noun)
The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
street (Noun)
The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
street (Noun)
street Street talk or slang.
street (Noun)
A large amount.
street (Noun)
Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
street (Noun)
Illicit, contraband, especially of a drug.
street (Adjective)
Having street cred ; conforming to modern urban trends.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

street (a.)
Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

street
A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
street
Relative to urban streets and highways.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

street
strēt, n. a road in a town lined with houses, broader than a lane: those who live in a street: the part of the street for vehicles: the body of brokers.—ns. Street′age, toll for the use of a street; Street′car, a passenger-car on the streets of a city, drawn by horses, cable traction, or electricity; Street′-door, the door of a house which opens upon a street; Street′-rail′road, a railroad or tramway constructed on a public street; Street′-sweep′er, one who, or that which, sweeps the streets clean; Street′-walk′er, a whore who prowls about the streets; Street′-ward, an officer who formerly took care of the streets; Street′-way, the roadway. [A.S. strǽt (Dut. straat, Ger. strasse, It. strada)—L. strata (via), a paved (way), from sternĕre, stratum, to strew.]

Wikipedia

A street is a piece of land, made flat or prepared in another way, so that people can travel on it better. We often use the words "street" and "road" for the same thing, but really a street is in a town.

Many streets are the centre of local culture and people make groups there. New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, for example, is famous for its active nightlife and also for its role as the center of the city’s French Quarter. The Bowery in New York was, for many years, the nation’s center of underground punk culture.
town
Street is a town in the county of Somerset, England. It is in the Mendip District.

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street, noun, singular of streets.
street, adjective.

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