[countable] (abbreviation St, st) a public road in a city or town that has houses and buildings on one side or both sides.

1 [countable] (abbreviation St.) a public road in a city or town that has houses and buildings on one side or both sides The bank is just across the street.

street · ​[only before noun] working, living or taking place on the streets of a city; based on the daily life of ordinary people in cities. street vendors ...

informal and based on the daily life of ordinary people in cities; street sports such as skateboarding and skating; street newspapers sold by the homeless.

The earliest known use of the verb street is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for street is from 1555, in a translation by William Waterman.

a popular shopping street in the West End of London. It is one of London's best-known streets, containing a number of famous department stores.

​(of parking facilities) located at the side of a public road rather than in a garage, a drive, etc. opposite off-streetTopics Transport by car or lorryc1. ...

(British English high street) [countable] (especially in names) the main street of a town, where most shops, banks, etc. are.

(informal) having the knowledge and experience that is needed to deal with the difficulties and dangers of life in a big city

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