High Street

See also: high street and highstreet

English

Etymology

From Middle English Highestrete. More at high street.

Proper noun

High Street

1. (British) Alternative letter-case form of high street
   • 2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:

     This is a result of a switch from High Street to online retailing, requiring consumer goods to be delivered to the door from large-scale distribution parks that have sufficient traffic to justify a rail terminal.

2. A hamlet in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9653).
3. A hamlet in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England, on a road of the same name (OS grid ref TQ7430).

Usage notes

• Although high street is used in either the singular or plural depending on meaning, the capital form is usually in the singular.

Anagrams

• eighth rest