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HIGH STREET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high street mean?
• HIGH STREET (noun)
The noun HIGH STREET has 1 sense:
1. street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town
Familiarity information: HIGH STREET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
high street; main street
Hypernyms ("high street" is a kind of...):
street (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high street"):
main drag (the main street of a town or city)
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