■ noun
1》 a public road in a city, town, or village, typically with buildings on one or both sides.
2》 [as modifier ] relating to the subculture of fashionable urban youth.
3》 [as modifier ] homeless: ~ children.
Phrases
not in the same ~ Brit. informal far inferior in terms of ability.
on the ~s
1》 homeless.
2》 working as a prostitute.
~s ahead Brit. informal greatly superior.
up (or right up ) one's ~ (or N. Amer. alley) informal well suited to one's tastes, interests, or abilities.
Derivatives
-~ed adjective
Origin
OE strt , of W. Gmc origin, from late L. strāta (via) 'paved (way)', feminine past participle of sternere 'lay down'.