suburban

UK /səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/ US /səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/

noun 2adj 1

Definitions

adj

Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.

Suburban villas, highway-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our growing ſtreets, / Tight boxes, neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / With all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, who gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air.

Not only has suburban life separated the great concentrated masses of our people from their birthright of meadows, fields and woods; of Nature, in her untamed splendour and mystery, most of them have never had so much as a momentary glimpse.

noun

A person who lives in a suburb.

An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.

Collocations

ADJ.

good, indispensable, live, local, negative, normal, quiet, unavoidable

Many families choose to live in suburban areas because they prefer a quieter lifestyle.

VERB + SUBURBAN

adapted, found, like, lived, lives, looks, patrol, radiate

She lived in a suburban area just outside the city where housing was more affordable.

SUBURBAN + NOUN

algiers, america, area, bookstore, college, essex, highway-, housewife

We moved to a quiet suburban area outside the city last year.

PREP.

from, from, in, in

I grew up in a suburban neighborhood where everyone knew each other.

ADV.

often, only, quickly

The population only quickly expanded into suburban areas during the 1950s housing boom.

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Not only has suburban life separated the great concentrated masses of our people from their birthright of meadows, fields and woods; of Nature, in her untamed splendour and mystery, most of them have

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They form part of the vast electrification and reconstruction schemes which have been in hand for a number of years at Liverpool Street, and in suburban Essex, and include the rearrangement of tracks,

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Cars are indispensable to suburban life.

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Dan was assigned to patrol a suburban area.

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Layla looked like a normal suburban housewife.

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