Thesaurus: street

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1. 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.
2. n. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
3. n. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
4. n. the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
5. n. a situation offering opportunities
6. n. people living or working on the same street
7. 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.
8. Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; nowcommonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellingsor business houses.He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field.Coverdale.At home or through the high street passing. Milton.
9. n:100 n. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings n. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel n. the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction n. a situation offering opportunities