streetside

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From street +‎ -side.

Adjective[edit]

streetside (not comparable)

  1. Alongside or near a street.
    • 2009 April 3, Guy Trebay, “From High Street to SoHo, a Club Ethos”, in New York Times[1]:
      “Topshop is not as cheap as H & M, but it is fantastic visually and the store looks fun,” said Fern Penn, a SoHo retailer who, driven back by the streetside chaos, said she would return after the initial hubbub had died down.
    • 2009 April 4, Donna Laporte, “Architect hopes to bring West Coast feel to Toronto”, in Toronto Star[2]:
      Cheng had to pull the building back to be able to plant trees close to the property line, because of the maze of utility lines at streetside.
    • 2022 September 6, David Zipper, “How Japan Won its ‘Traffic War’”, in Bloomberg Terminal[3]:
      In Japan, automobile owners must obtain a shako shomei sho, or “garage certificate,” showing that they have secured a place to store the vehicle overnight at their residence or in a parking garage; leaving it streetside is not an option. The expense and hassle of that requirement acts as a deterrent to car ownership, and an inducement to travel by other modes like transit or a bicycle.

Anagrams[edit]