"side street" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: side streets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} side street (plural side streets)
  1. A secondary road; a road that is not intended for heavy traffic. Categories (topical): Roads Translations (side street): 小街 (xiǎojiē) (Chinese Mandarin), sivukatu (Finnish), route secondaire (French), Nebenstraße [feminine] (German), Seitenstraße [feminine] (German), Seitengasse [feminine] (German), mellékutca (Hungarian), taobhshráid [feminine] (Irish), わき道 (wakimichi) (alt: わきみち) (Japanese), 横通り (yokodōri) (alt: よこどおり) (Japanese), fo-hraid [feminine] (Manx), sidegate [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sidegate [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rota segondària (Occitan), бокова́я у́лица (bokovája úlica) [feminine] (Russian), переу́лок (pereúlok) [masculine] (Russian), sidogata [common-gender] (Swedish), бічна вулиця (bična vulycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), näisüt (Volapük)

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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "side street",
      "tags": [
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