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   street

   /strēt/

   noun

   • 1. a public road in a city or town, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides: "the narrow, winding streets of Greenwich Village"
   • ▪ used to refer to the financial markets and activities on Wall Street.
   • ▪ the roads or public areas of a city or town: "every week, fans stop me in the street"
   • ▪ relating to the outlook, values, or lifestyle of those young people who are perceived as composing a fashionable urban subculture: "New York City street culture"
   • ▪ denoting someone who is homeless: "he ministered to street people in storefront missions"
   • ▪ performing or being performed on the street: "street theater"

   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

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   • T

     1

   • R

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   • E

     1

   • E

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   • T

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