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

Bessie, a female calf, and Clyde, a bull, escaped their enclosure at a property on Main Street on Thursday. — Juli McDonald, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Jones, 28, owns Chick & Ruth’s Delly on Main Street in Annapolis. — Nats_syndicator, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2026

The suspect was walking near Main Street and Ridge Avenue carrying what looked like a gun, police said. — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Defending Main Street said its vendor mistakenly spent about $25,000 on anti-Jackson ads in Portland, Oregon, instead of Portland, Maine. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 4 Nov. 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