high street
high street noun: the main street of any town.
Noun
high street (plural high streets)
- The main street of any town.
- Near-synonym: high road (precisely coordinate)
- Synonyms:
- main street, high road
- Mainstream shops, banks, etc. that can be found on such a street, in contrast to more specialist shops and services.
- Woolworths has had a presence on the UK High Street for almost a century.2008 December 27, “Woolworths store closures begin”, in BBC
- The spending in and around local stations is creating micro-economies that are benefiting Great Britain's high streets, independent businesses and economic growth, both locally and on a national level.2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58
- Physical, bricks and mortar shops, in contrast to Internet shops.
- Synonyms:
- bricks and mortar
Proper noun capitalized: High Street
High Street
- The proper name of the high street in any of many villages, towns, or cities, especially in the United Kingdom and certain Commonwealth countries.
- Near-synonym: Main Street (esp. US and Canada)
- Synonyms:
- Main Street
- The life and activities that archetypally happen on such a street: brick-and-mortar retail; the daily life of most people (everyone who is not among an out-of-touch rich elite).
- Near-synonym: Main Street (US and Canada)
- This is a result of a switch from High Street to online retailing, requiring consumer goods to be delivered to the door from large-scale distribution parks that have sufficient traffic to justify a rail terminal.2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69
- Synonyms:
- Main Street
- A hamlet in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9653).
- A hamlet in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England, on a road of the same name (OS grid ref TQ7430).
- A hamlet in Darsham parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4170).
high street meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic
high street in Hindi
- the main street of any town
- मुख्य सड़क mukhya saṛak
high street in Tamil
- பெருந்தெரு
high street in Urdu
- the main street of any town
- مرکزی سڑک markazī saṛak
high street in Arabic
- the main street of any town
- الشَارِع الرَئِيسِيّ aš-šāriʕ ar-raʔīsiyy
More languagesFewer languages
- high street in Malay
- jalan utama
- high street in Indonesian
- jalan utama
- high street in Persian
- خیابان اصلی xiyâbân asli
- high street in Thai
- ถนนหลัก tha-non-lak
- high street in Vietnamese
- đường chính
Synonyms of high street
Forms of high street
| plural | high streets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | highstreet |
| alternative form | High Street |
Origin of high street
From Middle English high strete, highestrete, haye-strete, hye strete, heiȝe strete, from Old English hēahstrǣt (“high road”), equivalent to high + street.
From Middle English Highestrete. More at high street. The everyday-people sense is by metonymy.
Questions about high street
- What does high street mean?
- High street means the main street of any town.
- What is high street in Hindi?
- High street in Hindi is मुख्य सड़क (mukhya saṛak). See High street meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is high street?
- High street can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of high street?
- The plural of high street is high streets.
Words near high street in the dictionary
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