street
1. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings (Freq. 86) - they walked the streets of the small town - he lives on Nassau Street • Hypernyms: thoroughfare • Hyponyms: alley, alleyway, back street, avenue, boulevard, cross street, local road, local street, main street, high street, mews, rue, side street • Instance Hyponyms: Fleet Street, Harley Street, Lombard Street, Whitehall, Strand, Downing Street, Pall Mall, Quai d'Orsay, Champs Elysees, Bowery, Broadway, Great White Way, Park Avenue, Park Ave., Wall Street, Wall St. • Substance Meronyms: pavement, paving 2. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel (Freq. 3) - be careful crossing the street • Hypernyms: thoroughfare • Hyponyms: one-way street, two-way street 3. the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction (Freq. 2) - she tried to keep her children off the street • Hypernyms: environment • Part Holonyms: concrete jungle 4. a situation offering opportunities - he worked both sides of the street - cooperation is a two-way street • Usage Domain: colloquialism • Hypernyms: opportunity, chance 5. people living or working on the same street - the whole street protested the absence of street lights • Hypernyms: neighborhood, neighbourhood
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