side street

See also: sidestreet

English

Noun

side street (plural side streets)

1. A secondary road; a road that is not intended for heavy traffic.

   Traffic was horrible on the main roads, but she knew all the back roads and side streets, and managed to get there quickly.

   The office was on a mostly residential side street. It did not look professional, and for a moment he doubted he was in the right place.

   • 1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 3:

     Aberdeen Joint is a fine station. Its approach is a real approach, not an apologetic side-street; its granite building has a dignity in keeping with the famous city skyline it faces, [...].

   • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

     Tim Johnson reached the side street that ran in front of the Radley Place, and what remained of his poor mind made him pause and seem to consider which road he would take. He made a few hesitant steps and stopped in front of the Radley gate; then he tried to turn around, but was having difficulty.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “secondary road”): main road, highway, thoroughfare

Translations

side street

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小街 (xiǎojiē)

• Danish: sidegade c
• Finnish: sivukatu
• French: route secondaire
• German: Nebenstraße (de) f, Seitenstraße (de) f, Seitengasse (de) f
• Hungarian: mellékutca (hu)
• Irish: taobhshráid f
• Japanese: わき道 (わきみち, wakimichi), 横通り (よこどおり, yokodōri)
• Manx: fo-hraid f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sidegate m or f

  Nynorsk: sidegate f

• Occitan: rota segondària
• Russian: бокова́я у́лица f (bokovája úlica), переу́лок (ru) m (pereúlok)
• Spanish: carretera secundaria
• Swedish: sidogata (sv) c
• Ukrainian: бічна вулиця f (bična vulycja)
• Volapük: näisüt (vo)

Anagrams

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