back street

back street

See also: backstreet

English

Noun

back street (plural back streets)

1. A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre.
2. A secret, clandestine or illegal scene.

Antonyms

• main street

Derived terms

• back-street abortion

Translations

small and narrow street

Chinese: Mandarin: 背街 (bèijiē) Dutch: achterafstraat (nl), achterafstraatje (nl) n Finnish: sivukatu German: Seitengasse (de) f Japanese: 裏通り (うらどおり, uradōri)

Norwegian: Bokmål: bakgate m, f Nynorsk: bakgate f Russian: закоу́лок (ru) m (zakoúlok), глуха́я у́лица f (gluxája úlica) Swedish: bakgata (sv) c Welsh: stryd gefn