About The Word Street
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What's The Definition Of Street?
[n] a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
[n] the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street" [n] people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights" [n] (informal) a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street" [n] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Street: Related Terms | Find terms related to Street: See Also | alley | alleyway | avenue | back street | boulevard | Bowery | Broadway | Champs Elysees | chance | concrete jungle | cross street | Downing Street | environment | Fleet Street | Great White Way | Harley Street | high street | Lombard Street | main street | mews | neighborhood | neighbourhood | one-way street | opportunity | Pall Mall | Park Ave. | Park Avenue | pavement | paving | Quai d'Orsay | side street | Strand | thoroughfare | two-way street | Wall St. | Wall Street | Whitehall Street In Webster's Dictionary \Street\ (str[=e]t), n. [OE. strete, AS. str[=ae]t, fr.
L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of
sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See {Strew},
and cf. {Stratum}, {Stray}, v. & 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.
He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the
field. --Coverdale.
At home or through the high street passing. --Milton.
Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the
roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border
the thoroughfare.
His deserted mansion in Duke Street. --Macaulay.
{The street} (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city
where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also,
figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street
would not take the bonds.
{Street Arab}, {Street broker}, etc. See under {Arab},
{Broker}, etc.
{Street door}, a door which opens upon a street, or is
nearest the street.
Syn: See {Way}.
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