ghost street

noun

A former street that has been demolished or built over but remains at least partly visible.

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Meanings

nounghost street (plural ghost streets)

plural ghost streets

  1. A former street that has been demolished or built over but remains at least partly visible.

    He began to pick out empty spaces, the shapes of battered half-demolished structures, and sometimes there were neighbourhoods of ghost streets with pavements.

    2012, Tricia Wastvedt, The German Boy
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APA

ghost street. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghost%20street

MLA

“ghost street.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghost%20street. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ghost street,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghost%20street.

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