STREET

Street

A street is a paved public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable surface such as concrete, cobblestone or brick. Portions may also be smoothed with asphalt, embedded with rails, or otherwise prepared to accommodate non-pedestrian traffic.

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street

Noun

  1. A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
    Walk down the street.
  2. A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
    I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue.
  3. The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
  4. The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
  5. Street talk or slang.
  6. a large amount
    He's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school.
  7. Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
  8. Illicit, contraband, especially of a drug
    I got some pot cheap on the street.

Adjective

  1. Having street cred; conforming to modern urban trends.


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