high street

noun

British

: a main or principal street

Examples of high street in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The high street has set the standard for immersive shopping, with spaces like Selfridges in London or Le Bon Marché in Paris turning retail into theatre. —Cecile Van Steenberge, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025

Oxford Street is a major retail centre in the West End of the capital and is Europes busiest shopping street with around half a million daily visitors to its approximately 300 shops, the majority of which are fashion and high street clothing stores. —Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025

Palm Beach’s iconic high street, Worth Avenue, replete with luxury boutiques and restaurants, is a short walk from the hotel. —David Shaftel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025

And like many high street retailers here, Superdry also came under extreme pressure from the big international fast-fashion chains, and its sporty-street message was lost. —Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for high street

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