High Street

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Highestrete. More at high street. By surface analysis, the street name sense is by proprialization from high street (although diachronically, the strict standardization of the uppercase-proper-noun–versus–lowercase-common-noun distinction postdates the Middle English etymon). The everyday-people sense is by metonymy. === Proper noun === High Street (UK) The proper name of the high street in any of many villages, towns, or cities, especially in the United Kingdom and certain Commonwealth countries. Near-synonym: Main Street (esp. US and Canada) (UK) 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). Near-synonym: Main Street (US and Canada) A hamlet in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9653). A hamlet in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England, on a road of the same name (OS grid ref TQ7430). A hamlet in Darsham parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4170). ==== Usage notes ==== Although high street is used in either the singular or plural depending on meaning, the capital form is usually in the singular. === References === === Anagrams === eighth rest