dormitory suburbnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɔː.mɪ.tər.i ˌsʌb.ɜːb/us/ˈdɔːr.mə.tɔːr.i ˌsʌb.ɝːb/Australian Englisha place from which many people travel in order to work in a bigger town or city
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- estate
- exurb
- gated community
- ghetto
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- the wrong/other side of the tracks idiom
- town
- trading estate
- warren
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