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PRONUNCIATION OF BACK STREET

back street  [bæk striːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACK STREET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Back street is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACK STREET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of back street in the English dictionary

The definition of back street in the dictionary is a street in a town remote from the main roads and well-known areas.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACK STREET


backstreet
ˈbækˌstriːt
Bradstreet
ˈbrædˌstriːt
bystreet
ˈbaɪˌstriːt
concrete
ˈkɒnkriːt
discrete
dɪsˈkriːt
Dutch-treat
ˈdʌtʃˌtriːt
entreat
ɪnˈtriːt
estreat
ɪˈstriːt
extreat
eksˈtriːt
greet
ɡriːt
high-street
ˈhaɪˌstriːt
intreat
ɪnˈtriːt
maltreat
mælˈtriːt
misentreat
ˌmɪsɪnˈtriːt
mistreat
ˌmɪsˈtriːt
overtreat
ˌəʊvəˈtriːt
pretreat
priːˈtriːt
retreat
rɪˈtriːt
street
striːt
treat
triːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACK STREET

back room
back row
back rub
back saw
back scatter
back seat
back shift
back slang
back story
back straight
back stretch
back talk
back teeth
back to back
back to front
back to square one
back to taws
back to the drawing board
back tooth
back up

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACK STREET

Bay Street
cross street
dead-end street
Downing Street
Easy Street
Fleet Street
Grub Street
High Street
Lombard Street
Main Street
man in the street
meet and greet
off-street
side street
the Arab street
the High Street
Threadneedle Street
through street
to be a one-way street
Wall Street
Wardour Street

Synonyms and antonyms of back street in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «back street» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACK STREET

Find out the translation of back street to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of back street from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «back street» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

后街
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calle de atrás
570 millions of speakers

English

back street
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वापस सड़क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشارع الخلفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

назад улица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rua de trás
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিছনে রাস্তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rue de retour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jalan balik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Straße zurück
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

裏通り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다시 거리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bali dalan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngỏ sau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீண்டும் தெருவில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मागे मार्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Arka sokak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strada indietro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Back Street
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

назад вулиця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stradă înapoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πίσω δρόμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terug straat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bakgata
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilbake street
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of back street

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK STREET»

The term «back street» is regularly used and occupies the 78.149 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK STREET» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «back street» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «back street» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about back street

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACK STREET»

Discover the use of back street in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to back street and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Back Street: Vintage Movie Classics
Ray Schmidt, a beautiful socialite and "fly girl," is trapped in a cycle of neglect and love for Walter Saxel, the one man who could never value for who she was, after they, years later, pick up where they left off despite him being married ...
Fannie Hurst, 2014
2
Back Street to Happy
Gary D. Jefferson. La Gina had to be prudent while driving because two kids were playing football in the streets. Some houses had old living room furniture for lawn and patio furniture. They heard the voice ofMillie Jackson screaming from an ...
Gary D. Jefferson, 2014
3
The Romance of a Back Street
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Frederick William Robinson, 2010
4
History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland: ...
Tyne-green Emerson John, Back-street Forster Thos. Priestpopple Gibson John, clojr, Market pl Jackson John, Meal Market Jackson William, Back-street Johnston Wm. Quatre Bras Lyon David, Market street Lamb John, clog, Back- street ...
Whellan, William, & Co, 1855
5
Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and ...
Market place Byron Alexander, teadenler, Back street Cad by Philip, plumber, glazier, painter, 4c agent to the Indisputable life k Accidental Death company, Round- stone street Canning L>dia (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker, Back street Carpenter ...
6
Hunt & co.'s directory & court guide for the cities of Bath, ...
Gunning William, Market place King Anna Maria, Fore street Smith John, Back street Coopers. Lanham William, Back street Woodward James, Silver street Corn Dealers. Applegate William, Fore street Bo wyer Abraham & Son, Fore st.
Hunt E. and co, 1848
7
Littell's Living Age
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell. From Cliainbera' Journal. THE BACK STREET. THE back street is necessarily a poor street, but it has a special character as a poor street. As one who forms part of a great society of uniformly poor people in a  ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1844
8
Chambers's Journal
turned. Where the myriads of Gothic tribes eame from, was a great mystery to the Romans ; and we confess it equally puzzles us to say where these bands of children have their habitat. Out of the back street they come ; that is true. But it is as ...
9
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
The back street suffers by an unfortunate but unavoidable comparison. We turn the corner from a goodly well-to-do-street, and feel ourselves all at once plunged into one full of fifteenth-rate houses and shops. This is a trial which no mortal ...
10
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal
The back street is necessarily a poor street, but it has n special character as a poor street. As one who forms part of a great ... an easy mind through a regular district of the humblest class ; but we pity a back street. The worst peculiarity of back ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1844

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACK STREET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term back street is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Happy Birthday Ranveer Singh: The man who's here to break …
He has brought back street style in fashion – and no, we ain't talking only about his looks. His characters defy clichés of any kind and make ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
2
The plot thickens on coast of curiosity
Eventually I find a small grocery store and a rather lumpen pizza parlour in a back street. And that's the bright lights of Sevid done. Luckily, the ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
3
Lewis Hamilton wins home race thriller
“I have more pace. I can overtake, I can do it on the back street,” he pleaded over the radio. At his attempt on the next lap, the team conceded to ... «The Phuket News, Jul 15»
4
Q&A: Karen Warrington on dance, photography, and 'exploring beauty'
Very influential black people lived in those houses . . . and on the little back street, you'd have the carriage houses. What attracts your interest ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
5
Homicides down so far in Buffalo, but a spike could still occur
“They are involved in a national initiative to take back street corners, and they go into schools and speak with young people who are given ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
6
Farmer tracks stolen quad bike to back street using satellite signal
“Fortunately the quad was recovered the following day by the owner from a back street in Burnley. This was entirely due to the fact that it is fitted with a 'tracker' ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
What to know: Boston Pops event information
Exeter Street, from Back Street to Beacon Street, and Fairfield Street, from Commonwealth Avenue to Back Street will be closed. For a complete ... «My Fox Boston, Jul 15»
8
SPOILER ALERT: EastEnders' Jane, Carol and Abi go in search of a …
Chasing her down, Abi and her team finally catch up with her grandmother to find she's been living in a broken down back street near a row of ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Watertown police chief retires after 30 years
... officers were being shot at and had bombs thrown at them and here it is on a back street in Watertown in my community where I grew up. «My Fox Boston, Jul 15»
10
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Photo: “Back Street”. STAHL'S “BACK STREET” Catch John M. Stahl's 1932 adaptation of Fannie Hurt's bestselling novel at the PFA Theater. «Berkeleyside, Jul 15»

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