street

  • 21street — I. noun Etymology: Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt, from Late Latin strata paved road, from Latin, feminine of stratus, past participle more at stratum Date: before 12th century 1. a. a thoroughfare especially in a city, town, or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22street — /stri:t/ noun (C) 1 a public road in a city or town that has houses, shops etc on one or both sides: Oxford Street, London | street map (=showing the names and positions of all the roads) | street musicians (=performing outdoors in towns) see… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23street — I UK [striːt] / US [strɪt] noun [countable] Word forms street : singular street plural streets *** a road in a town or city with houses or other buildings along it Walk along the high street and turn left. down/along/across/into etc the street: I …

    English dictionary

  • 24street — n. 1) to cross a street 2) to name; number streets 3) a bustling, busy; congested; crowded; deserted, lonely; quiet street 4) a back; broad, wide; cross; dead end; high (BE), main (AE); narrow; one way; through; winding street 5) in (esp. BE), on …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 25street — [[t]strit[/t]] n. 1) a usu. paved public thoroughfare, as in a town or city, including sidewalks 2) such a thoroughfare together with adjacent property 3) the roadway of such a thoroughfare distinguished from the sidewalk 4) the inhabitants or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26street — [[t]stri͟ːt[/t]] ♦ streets 1) N COUNT: oft in names after n A street is a road in a city, town, or village, usually with houses along it. He lived at 66 Bingfield Street... Boppard is a small, quaint town with narrow streets. 2) N COUNT: the N,… …

    English dictionary

  • 27street — n. 1 a a public road in a city, town, or village. b this with the houses or other buildings on each side. 2 the persons who live or work on a particular street. Phrases and idioms: in the street 1 in the area outside the houses. 2 (of Stock… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 28Street F.C. — Football club infobox clubname = Street fullname = Street Football Club nickname = The Cobblers founded = 1880 ground = The Tannery, Street, Somerset capacity = unknown | chairman = Mark Clarke manager = Simon White league = Western League… …

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  • 29street — /strit / (say street) noun 1. a public way or road, paved or unpaved, in a town or city, sometimes including a pavement or pavements, and having houses, shops, or the like, on one side or both sides. 2. such a way or road together with the… …

  • 30street — road, street 1. According to a law of Henry I of England (1100–35), a street was to be sufficiently broad for two loaded carts to meet and for sixteen armed knights to ride abreast. The history of road and street and of other terms such as lane,… …

    Modern English usage