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streetside

streetside

1 3.2
The area at the side of a street where people walk or sell things
  • noun
  • /ˈstriːtsaɪd/
translation icon : borde de la calle
  • Now I gotta get my ass streetside.

Examples

  • Heading streetside.

  • The streetside vendor offered fresh fruits and vegetables to passersby.

  • Some people are eating dinner at a streetside cafe.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Besides, what better way to showcase the benefits of its streetside and home-charging units than to juice up thousands of cars?

    Blog text (32)
  • He sights down the row of cottonwoods streetside, the upper reaches.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Ten minutes later, Lynn was squatting streetside by a wheelbarrow, chopping into new cement, smoothing it level on the walk.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • He had a writing office streetside, an art office in the middle, and his bedroom in the back of the third floor; a piano room with leather couches, an extensive library, and a guestroom on the second; and his living room, dining room, and kitchen on the garden level, which opened to the garden and an unused greenhouse.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Class has ended for the day, and the streetside air is noxious and smothering—Beijingers sometimes euphemistically call it "big fog," when in fact it's actually unrelenting, overwhelming smog.

    Blog text (6)
  • She enjoys sitting at the streetside table, watching the world go by.

  • At the streetside market, local artisans display their handmade crafts.

Synonyms

curb
vsstreetside
  • US
117 2.1

A raised edge between a sidewalk and the road

is the larger pedestrian area beside the road used for vendors and walking
roadside
vsstreetside
67 1.0

The edge of a road where people stop and plants often grow

is focused on the area for pedestrians and small street sellers
wayside
vsstreetside
27 5.8

The edge of a road or path often with plants

is more about spaces used by people next to roads for activity
curbside
vsstreetside
  • US
4 2.7

The edge of a sidewalk next to the road

is the area beside the road often used by pedestrians or vendors

Surface Forms

streetside singular
streetsides plural

Morphology

streetside = street + side (transparent) = street + side

Nominal sense 'the side of a street' is a literal compound interpretation readily accessible from the components.

Etymology

Streetside joins street and side, meaning 'the side of a street'. The streetside (noun) is the area next to the road where people walk, park, or set up stalls and shops.