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MAIN STREET

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town

Synonyms:

high street; main street

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("main street" is a kind of...):

street (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "main street"):

main drag (the main street of a town or city)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis)

Example:

Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("Main Street" is a kind of...):

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

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