Main Street

noun

1

: the principal street of a small town

2

a

: the sections of a country centering about its small towns

b

: a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism

c

: middle america sense 3

Main Streeter

ˈmān-ˌstrē-tər 

noun

Examples of Main Street in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tucker Kraft Day is a real thing, too, and the whole town gathered on Main Street in their Kraft gear while a drone flew overhead. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The rest of the Cambria isn’t bad, either, including the shops and galleries along Main Street (which is deceptively long) and the piney slopes above. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Not far away in downtown Irwin, on Main Street, the owner of Colonial Grille lost about $2,000 worth of food and had some minor water damage to some of his ceiling tiles. — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

The Connecticut Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting on a $38 million project expected to improve transportation safety in the area of Main Street in East Hartford. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Main Street

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete