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	street (street) Pronunciation: /striːt/ noun 1a public road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides: the narrow, winding streets of Edinburgh [in place names]: 45 Lake Street (the Street) US Wall Street. (the street/streets) the roads or public areas of a city or town: every week, fans stop me in the street [as modifier] denoting someone who is homeless: the street kids of the city 2 [as modifier] relating to the outlook, values, or lifestyle of those young people who are perceived as composing a fashionable urban subculture: London street style Phrases not in the same street British informal far inferior in terms of ability. on the streets 1homeless: the number of people who are out on the streets is lower than twelve months ago 2working as a prostitute: there are fewer girls on the streets these days, so prices have risen streets ahead British informal greatly superior: the restaurant is streets ahead of its local rivals Derivatives streeted adjective [in combination]: a many-streeted tangle of low, brick buildings streetward adjective & adverb Origin: Old English strǣt, of West Germanic origin, from late Latin strāta (via) 'paved (way)', feminine past participle of sternere 'lay down'		Search results in the dictionary on-street easy street Grub Street high street main street off-street More results » More words in this category alignment branch byroad camber communication dead end double yellow line embankment hairpin bend hard shoulder high road junction M 2 made road mini-roundabout radial roadbed unadopted underbridge viaduct Nearby Words stream stream of consciousness streamer streamer weed streamflow streaming streamline streel Streep, Meryl street street Arab street clothes street credibility street cries street door street entertainer street furniture street hockey street jewellery