street

street · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A public road in a city, town, or village, typically with buildings on both sides.

  2. 2.

    The people who live or work on a particular street.

  3. 3.

    The ordinary people of a place (with "the").

  4. 4.

    (financial) Wall Street or the financial industry.

Forms

plural: streets

Related words

See also: avenue, lane, road
Synonyms: avenue, lane, road, way

Etymology

From Old English strǣt, from Late Latin strāta (short for via strāta, "paved road"), from Latin strātus, past participle of sternere ("to spread, pave"). Related to stratum. The word was borrowed early, showing Roman influence on Anglo-Saxon settlement.