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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town;
[syn: main street, high street]

2. any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis);
- Example: "Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

main street \main street\ n. 1. A main thoroughfare, usually one in a small town having the largest concentration of retail businesses. [PJC] 2. Hence: (Fig.) The attitudes, environment, or life style of a small town; -- usually capitalized, and often used attributively; as, Main Street attitudes toward Washington. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

main street n 1: street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town [syn: main street, high street] 2: any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis); "Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician"