step street
A public pedestrian thoroughfare, often officially designated, featuring a series of…A public pedestrian thoroughfare, often officially designated, featuring a series of stairs instead of a traditional road to connect two streets; with a severe, steep elevation change.
» As soon as you step into the street here, you're surrounded by traffic noise.
Sobald man hier auf die Straße tritt, ist man vom Verkehrslärm umgeben.
Meaning
1 sensesA public pedestrian thoroughfare, often officially designated, featuring a series of stairs instead of a traditional road to connect two streets; with a severe, steep elevation change.
The Joker Stairs are an example of a step street.
The city of Pittsburgh has over 700 step streets.
Examples
3 sentencesAs soon as you step into the street here, you're surrounded by traffic noise.
deSobald man hier auf die Straße tritt, ist man vom Verkehrslärm umgeben. — raggione
An old man steps into the street holding a cigarette in his hand.
deEin alter Mann tritt auf die Straße. In einer Hand hält er eine Zigarette. — al_ex_an_der
As soon as you step into the street here, you're surrounded by noise from the traffic.
deSobald man hier auf die Straße tritt, ist man vom Verkehrslärm umgeben. — raggione
Forms
plural: step streets| Singular | step street |
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