bedroom suburb

bed·room sub·urb

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bed-room, -roo m suhb-urb]
- /ˈbɛdˌrum, -ˌrʊm ˈsʌb ɜrb/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bed-room, -roo m suhb-urb]
- /ˈbɛdˌrum, -ˌrʊm ˈsʌb ɜrb/

Definitions of bedroom suburb words

noun bedroom suburb a commuter suburb, from which people travel to the city centre to work 3
noun bedroom suburb a suburb occupied mainly by the homes of commuters. 1

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Origin of bedroom suburb

First appearance:

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Bedroom suburb

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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bedroom suburb popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for bedroom suburb

noun bedroom suburb

satellite — Astronomy. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon.
suburb — a district lying immediately outside a city or town, especially a smaller residential community.

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