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sidestreet

sidestreet is the alternative form of side street.

Meaning of side street

Noun

side street (plural side streets)

  1. A secondary road; a road that is not intended for heavy traffic.
    • Traffic was horrible on the main roads, but she knew all the back roads and side streets, and managed to get there quickly.

Forms of sidestreet

pluralsidestreets

Questions about sidestreet

What is sidestreet the alternative form of?
Sidestreet is the alternative form of side street.

Words near sidestreet in the dictionary

  1. Sidestrand
  2. sidestream
  3. sidestream smoke
  4. sidestream smokes
  5. sidestreams
  6. sidestreet
  7. sidestreets
  8. sidestroke
  9. sidestrokes
  10. sideswept
  11. sideswipe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sidestreet (page history and authors); side street (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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