high street

Meanings

1. The main street of any town.
2. Mainstream shops, banks, etc. that can be found on such a street, in contrast to more specialist shops and services.
3. Physical, bricks and mortar shops, in contrast to Internet shops.

1. The proper name of the high street in any of many villages, towns, or cities, especially in the United Kingdom and certain Commonwealth countries.
2. The life and activities that archetypally happen on such a street: brick-and-mortar retail; the daily life of most people (everyone who is not among an out-of-touch rich elite).
3. A hamlet in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9653).
4. A hamlet in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England, on a road of the same name (OS grid ref TQ7430).
5. A hamlet in Darsham parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4170).

Etymology

From Middle English high strete, highestrete, haye-strete, hye strete, heiȝe strete, from Old English hēahstrǣt (“high road”), equivalent to high + street.