gated communitynoun [ C ]
uk/ˌɡeɪ.tɪd kəˈmjuː.nə.ti/us/ˌɡeɪ.t̬ɪd kəˈmjuː.nə.t̬i/a group of houses, surrounded by fences or walls, that can only be entered by the people who live there:
The neighbourhood is a gated community with a security guard to protect residents from intruders.
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- 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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