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streetwork

streetwork noun: a form of social work which engages with people on the street.

Noun

streetwork (usually uncountable, plural streetworks)

  1. (usually) A form of social work which engages with people on the street.
  2. (slang, usually) Any form of prostitution that takes places on the street.
  3. (usually) Construction or repair work carried out on the street.

Forms of streetwork

pluralstreetworks
alternative formstreet work

Origin of streetwork

From street + work.

Words formed from streetwork

Questions about streetwork

What does streetwork mean?
Streetwork means a form of social work which engages with people on the street.
What part of speech is streetwork?
Streetwork is a noun.
What is the plural of streetwork?
The plural of streetwork is streetworks.

Words near streetwork in the dictionary

  1. streetways
  2. streetwear
  3. streetwisdom
  4. streetwise
  5. streetwiseness
  6. streetwork
  7. streetworker
  8. streetworkers
  9. streetworks
  10. streetworthier
  11. streetworthiest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: streetwork (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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