Word a Day
street
What does street mean?
street (noun): a paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use street in a sentence?
- Walk down the street until you see a hotel on the right. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- The man wearing a red coat is standing on the street. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce street?
/stɹit/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does street come from?
Inherited from Middle English strete, from Anglian Old English strēt (“street”, compare West Saxon Old English strǣt) from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Late Latin (via) strāta (“paved (road)”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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