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 new store — about 2,000 square feet at 440 Main Street — offers women’s ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes and accessories from brands including Alaïa, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Dries Van Noten, Loewe and Phoebe Philo. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 9 July 2026

Behind every haircut and shave on Main Street is a small business owner who trained for it and built it one client at a time. — Bailey Pennington, Washington Post, 9 July 2026

Grant would occasionally work — write stories— from a booth inside iconic Gates Bar-B-Q’s Main Street location. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

As a member of the Main Street America program, the city is working to transform into a destination of its own. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 July 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