side street

noun

: a street joining and often terminated by a main thoroughfare

Examples of side street in a Sentence

We live on a quiet side street.

Recent Examples on the Web

The picture itself features a beautiful young woman, wearing a dress and smoking a cigarette, next to two men sitting at a table which has multiple pints of beer, on a side street which has multiple tables of people eating and drinking outdoors. —Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025

Caffè Monte Baldo Located on a quiet side street, this historic wine bar has a vast selection of cicchetti (Venetian tapas) to pair with wines by the glass or bottle. —Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2025

This home is tucked into a tiny residential side street less than three blocks from Clarendon Street, the suburb’s main commercial area. —Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025

Located across a side street and soon to be connected via an underground tunnel, the high-rise Pietro building, with its black, perforated and pleated metal sheet shell, is a sharp contrast to the long rectangular Lina structure. —Lise Alves, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1617, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for side street

• bittersweet
• celestite
• incomplete
• indiscreet
• marguerite
• obsolete
• overeat
• overheat
• parakeet
• stillingfleet
• superheat
• amit

Kids Definition

side street

noun

: a street joining and often ending at a main road