street meaning and definition

STREET noun

Definition of street (noun)

1. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
   • "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
2. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
   • "be careful crossing the street"
3. the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
   • "she tried to keep her children off the street"
4. a situation offering opportunities
   • "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
5. people living or working on the same street
   • "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"