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Main Street

noun

Definition of Main Street 

1 : the principal street of a small town

2a : 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

Other words from Main Street

Main Streeter \ˈmān-ˌstrē-tər \ noun

First Known Use of Main Street

1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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mainstay

main stem

mainstream

Main Street

maint

maintain

maintained school

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