street
n.
road, public thoroughfare, paved or unpaved surface on which cars and other traffic travel
Street
street
Noun
1. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
(hypernym) thoroughfare
(hyponym) alley, alleyway, back street
(substance-meronym) pavement, paving
2. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street"
(hypernym) thoroughfare
(hyponym) one-way street
3. 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"
(hypernym) environment
(part-holonym) concrete jungle
4. a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
(hypernym) opportunity, chance
(classification) colloquialism
5. people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
(hypernym) neighborhood, neighbourhood
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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