back street

== English == === Noun === back street (plural back streets) A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre. Antonyms: main street, thoroughfare, arterial road, highway Coordinate terms: back alley, byway A secret, clandestine, or illegal scene. Coordinate terms: (sometimes synonymous) the hood, the barrios; (usually contrastive) Main Street Near-synonym: mean streets ==== Derived terms ==== back-street abortion ==== Translations ====