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

The city is doing the project in small chunks in hopes of minimizing impacts on businesses and has plans to partner with Noblesville Main Street and the Noblesville Chamber of Commerce to encourage residents to still visit the business during construction. —Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 Mar. 2026

The original gold terra-cotta dome and decorations of dolphins and cupids overlook Main Street. —Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026

Visit Watsons Organic Market & Cafe on Main Street for quick meals on the go. —Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026

Main Street Sports Group Main Street Sports Group, which owns FanDuel Sports Network, plans to close its Brookfield office on April 14 and lay off two workers. —Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 2 Mar. 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