SINCE 1828
Main Street
nounDefinition 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
Other Words from Main Street
Main Streeter
\ ˈmān-ˌstrē-tər 
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noun
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