Street definition
Street is a noun meaning "a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings." It has 5 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 6
- How common
- Everyday word
Street as a noun
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
"they walked the streets of the small town"
the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
"be careful crossing the street"
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"
a situation offering opportunities
"he worked both sides of the street"
people living or working on the same street
"the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
How to say street
Street has 1 syllable and rhymes with meet. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with street
STREET in word games
- Scrabble
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Anagrams
- 3
Is STREET a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check STREET in the word checker, or unscramble STREET to see its 3 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.
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