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| address |
the place where a person lives or works. The address has the street name and number, city, and state. [1/4 definitions] |
| alley1 |
a narrow street or path between or behind buildings. [1/2 definitions] |
| apple cart |
a handcart used by street vendors to sell apples. |
| Ave. |
abbreviation of "Avenue," a street, esp. a wide one (written as part of a proper name). |
| avenue |
a wide street. |
| bazaar |
an outdoor street market made up of rows of little shops or stalls where people buy and sell things. [1/2 definitions] |
| Blvd. |
abbreviation of "boulevard," a wide city street, often lined with trees or landscaped (used in a proper name). |
| boulevard |
a wide city street, often with trees planted along its sides. |
| bowery |
(cap.) a street in lower Manhattan and the neighborhood around it, at one time characterized by cheap bars and flophouses (prec. by "the"). [1/2 definitions] |
| Broadway |
a major north-south New York City street, part of which is the core of the theater district in midtown. [2 definitions] |
| call box |
a box containing a telephone, posted on a street or highway, and used to make emergency calls. [1/2 definitions] |
| carmagnole |
a popular song and street dance of the French Revolution. [1/2 definitions] |
| court |
a short street with a dead end. [1/8 definitions] |
| crossing |
a place where a street or river can be crossed. [1/2 definitions] |
| crosswalk |
a lane or path, usu. near the corner of a street, that is marked off as a pedestrian crossing. |
| cul-de-sac |
a passage whose only exit is the entrance, such as a dead-end street. [1/2 definitions] |
| culvert |
a man-made channel for drainage or the like that passes under a street or other thoroughfare. |
| curb |
the border or edge of a street. It is usually made of concrete and raised higher than the road. |
| curbing |
the material used to make a street curb. [1/2 definitions] |
| curfew |
a rule or law that sets a time after which everyone must be off the street and inside for the night. Curfews sometimes apply only to a particular group, such as young people. |
| dead end |
a street that is closed at one end, allowing no way through. |
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