side street

noun

: a street joining and often terminated by a main thoroughfare

Examples of side street in a Sentence

We live on a quiet side street.
Recent Examples on the Web The Sun Ra Arkestra, the musical collective founded in Chicago in the mid-fifties, moved out of the Lower East Side in 1968, and wound up in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, on a very green side street along the edge of a hill that feels a million miles from anywhere. Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 The side street where Trump enters and leaves the building is off limits. Associated Pess, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2024 The music of Maze featuring Frankie Beverly is the soundtrack of warm dusks spent cruising local side streets, with the windows down and the speakers turned on high. Rivea Ruff, Essence, 13 June 2024 Looking for a way to kickstart the long-term revival of East Hartford’s Main Street corridor, Mayor Connor Martin is focusing on converting a dreary block of a side street into a pedestrian plaza. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for side street 

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Word History

First Known Use

1617, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of side street was in 1617

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“Side street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20street. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

side street

noun
: a street joining and often ending at a main road

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