main street

Speech parts

1. main street - Noun

2. Main street - Proper noun

Meaning

street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town

any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis)

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Synonyms

high street main road principal street main highway main avenue center street broadway boulevard proletariat byway thoroughfare blue-collar everyman city centre
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Antonyms

back street Wall Street Bay Street backstreet side street back alley
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Hypernyms

street town

Hyponyms

main drag

Related terms

high street main road

Examples

Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician Source: Internet

A 446 sq m two-level commercial building on a 481 sq m site at 35-39 King St, Pukekohe’s main street, was sold for $1.91 million at a 5.07 per cent yield by Shane Snijder and Peter Migounoff. Source: Internet

A billboard advertising a parliamentary candidate on a main street ahead of parliamentary elections in Kuwait city. Source: Internet

Aberdeen then operated under a city charter granted by the Territorial Legislature in March 1883.sfn As Aberdeen grew, many businesses and buildings were constructed along Aberdeen's Main Street. Source: Internet

Adabraka was thus established to the north of the city. citation A main street of central Accra sometimes between 1885 and 1908 One of the most influential decisions in the history of the city was that of building the Accra-Kumasi railway in 1908. Source: Internet

According to the office, 19 of 26 camps that applied to the state’s Main Street relief fund were approved for grants totalling $3 million. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

main squeeze main stage main storage main street in a city main street in a town main street of a city