high street

noun

British
: a main or principal street

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Goldsmith’s office, on Marlborough’s high street, is around the corner from Ford’s gallery. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025 In its most recent guise, the company, which no longer has stores of its own, has made a return to the high street, re-emerging in 2021 through a deal with perennial brand collaborator and U.K. apparel powerhouse Next. Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 The once hugely successful fashion brand, which was founded in 1964, had more than 500 stores across the world at the peak of its fame and was one of the most prominent names on the British high street. Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 Circ has worked with high street brands such as Zara and high fashion designers such as Christian Siriano. Rhonda Richford, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high street

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high street was before the 12th century

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“High street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20street. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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