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| n. (artifact) | 1. street | a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings.; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street" |
| ~ alley, alleyway, back street | a narrow street with walls on both sides. |
| ~ boulevard, avenue | a wide street or thoroughfare. |
| ~ cross street | a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it. |
| ~ local road, local street | a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it. |
| ~ high street, main street | street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town. |
| ~ mews | street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings.; "she lives in a Chelsea mews" |
| ~ pavement, paving | the paved surface of a thoroughfare. |
| ~ rue | (French) a street or road in France. |
| ~ side street | a street intersecting a main street and terminating there. |
| ~ thoroughfare | a public road from one place to another. |
| ~ fleet street | a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated. |
| ~ harley street | a street in central London where the consulting rooms of many physicians and surgeons are located. |
| ~ lombard street | a street in central London containing many of the major London banks. |
| ~ whitehall | a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices. |
| ~ strand | a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels. |
| ~ downing street | a street of Westminster in London.; "the Prime Minister lives at No. 10 Downing Street" |
| ~ pall mall | a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs. |
| ~ quai d'orsay | the street in Paris along the south bank of the Seine known for its governmental ministries. |
| ~ champs elysees | a major avenue in Paris famous for elegant shops and cafes. |
| ~ bowery | a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts. |
| ~ broadway, great white way | a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters. |
| ~ park ave., park avenue | a fashionable residential street in New York City. |
| ~ wall st., wall street | a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. street | the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel.; "be careful crossing the street" |
| ~ one-way street | a street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction. |
| ~ thoroughfare | a public road from one place to another. |
| ~ two-way street | a street on which vehicular traffic can move in either of two directions.; "you have to look both ways crossing a two-way street" |
| n. (state) | 3. street | 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" |
| ~ concrete jungle | an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant. |
| ~ environment | the totality of surrounding conditions.; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" |
| n. (state) | 4. street | a situation offering opportunities.; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ chance, opportunity | a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" |
| n. (group) | 5. street | people living or working on the same street.; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights" |
| ~ neighborhood, neighbourhood | people living near one another.; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" |
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