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Sounds | striy't |
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Rhymes | aesthete, athlete, backseat, and 73 more rhymes in iyt at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings. |
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Examples | "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street" |
Narrower | alley, alleyway, back street; avenue, boulevard; cross street; local road, local street; main street, high street; mews; rue; side street; Fleet Street; Harley Street; Lombard Street; Whitehall; Strand; Downing Street; Pall Mall; Quai d'Orsay; Champs Elysees; Bowery; Broadway, Great White Way; Park Avenue, Park Ave.; Wall Street, Wall St. |
Broader | thoroughfare |
Substances | pavement, paving |
Meaning | The part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks. The part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel. |
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Examples | "be careful crossing the street" |
Narrower | one-way street; two-way street |
Broader | thoroughfare |
Meaning | The streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction. |
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Examples | "she tried to keep her children off the street" |
Part of | concrete jungle |
Broader | environment |
Meaning | A situation offering opportunities. |
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Examples | "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street" |
Broader | opportunity, chance |
Usage | colloquialism |
Meaning | People living or working on the same street. |
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Examples | "the whole street protested the absence of street lights" |
Broader | neighborhood, neighbourhood |