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   street

   /striːt/

   noun

   • 1. a public road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides: "the narrow, winding streets of Edinburgh"
   • ▪ Wall Street. US
   • ▪ the roads or public areas of a city or town: "every week, fans stop me in the street"
   • ▪ denoting someone who is homeless: "the street kids of the city"
   • 2. relating to the outlook, values, or lifestyle of those young people who are perceived as composing a fashionable urban subculture: "London street style"

   Word Origin Old Englishstrǣt, of West Germanic origin, from late Latin strāta (via) ‘paved (way)’, feminine past participle of sternere ‘lay down’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. streeted adjective
   • 2. streetward adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • E

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   • T

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