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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 townplay

  Familiarity information: HIGH STREET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH STREET (noun)


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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