Main Street Definition

noun
The principal street of any small town.
Webster's New World
Average businesses and households considered as a group.
American Heritage
The typical inhabitants of a small town, regarded as provincial and conservative.
Webster's New World
Ordinary citizens and the places in which they live and work.
An economic upheaval felt from Wall Street to Main Street.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

The generic street name (often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.

Wiktionary

(idiomatic, North America) The interests of everyday working-class people and small business owners.

"...Wall Street has surged back to pre-crisis levels of compensation evan as Main Street continues to struggle." - Chrystia Freeland.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Main Street

Noun

Singular:
main street
Plural:
main streets

Origin of Main Street

  • Sense 2b, after Main Street a novel by Sinclair Lewis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Main Street Sentence Examples

  • They walked to a corner and turned away from the busy main street onto a quieter side one.

  • The departmental stores and offices of the Hudson's Bay Company and its Fort Garry court, which stand on Main Street South, are worthy of that ancient company.

  • The Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Building is occupied by the public library, which faces a monument to Nathan Hale on Main Street.

  • Between Main Street and the sea is Strand Street, also a busy commercial thoroughfare.

  • In Main Street are situated the headquarters of the 3rd Vol.

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