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PRONUNCIATION OF BEDROOM SUBURB

bedroom suburb  [ˈbɛdruːm ˈsʌbɜːb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEDROOM SUBURB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bedroom suburb is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEDROOM SUBURB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bedroom suburb

Commuter town

A commuter town, also known as an exurb, bedroom community, a dormitory town or dormitory suburb, or less commonly a dormitory village, suggests that residents sleep in these neighborhoods, but normally work elsewhere; they also suggest that these communities have little commercial or industrial activity beyond a small amount of retail, oriented toward serving the residents.

Definition of bedroom suburb in the English dictionary

The definition of bedroom suburb in the dictionary is commuter suburb, from which people travel to the city centre to work.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEDROOM SUBURB


acerb
əˈsɜːb
adverb
ˈædˌvɜːb
blurb
blɜːb
boomburb
ˈbuːmbɜːb
burb
bɜːb
curb
kɜːb
disturb
dɪˈstɜːb
herb
hɜːb
kerb
kɜːb
Loeb
lɜːb
perturb
pəˈtɜːb
proverb
ˈprɒvɜːb
refurb
ˈriːˌfɜːb
reverb
ˈriːvɜːb
Serb
sɜːb
suburb
ˈsʌbɜːb
superb
sʊˈpɜːb
urb
ɜːb
verb
vɜːb
willowherb
ˈwɪləʊˌhɜːb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEDROOM SUBURB

bedraggle
bedraggled
bedrail
bedral
bedrape
bedrench
bedridden
bedright
bedrivel
bedrock
bedroll
bedroom
bedroom eyes
bedroom farce
bedroom scene
bedroom slipper
bedroom suite
bedrop
bedrug

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEDROOM SUBURB

absorb
adsorb
auxiliary verb
barb
bicarb
carb
courb
desorb
dorb
forb
garb
garden suburb
high-carb
orb
phrasal verb
rhubarb
slurb
sorb
uncurb
wellcurb

Synonyms and antonyms of bedroom suburb in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bedroom suburb» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEDROOM SUBURB

Find out the translation of bedroom suburb to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bedroom suburb from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bedroom suburb» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

卧室郊区
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suburbio dormitorio
570 millions of speakers

English

bedroom suburb
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेडरूम उपनगर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضاحية غرفة نوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спальня пригород
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subúrbio quarto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেডরুমের উপবন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

banlieue de chambre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pinggir bilik tidur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlafzimmer Vorort
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベッドタウン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

침실 교외
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bedroom suburb
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phòng ngủ ngoại ô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படுக்கையறை புறநகர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शयनगृहातील उपनगर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yatak odalı banliyö
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sobborgo camera da letto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sypialnia przedmieście
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спальня передмістя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suburbie dormitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προάστιο υπνοδωμάτιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slaapkamer woonbuurt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bedroom förort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

soverom forstad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bedroom suburb

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEDROOM SUBURB»

The term «bedroom suburb» is used very little and occupies the 189.136 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEDROOM SUBURB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bedroom suburb

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEDROOM SUBURB»

Discover the use of bedroom suburb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bedroom suburb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Commuting in America III: The Third National Report on ...
... D.C. metropolitan area with a population of about 1 million, is a useful case study mirroring many suburban counties around the country. classic “bedroom suburb”) as jobs in the county increased by about 100,000, substantially greaterthan ...
Alan Pisarski, 2006
2
The Hub's Metropolis: Greater Boston's Development from ...
King's Handhoo/e portrayed Newton as a model bedroom suburb: “At morning, a dozen trains bear eastward the working force of the place, the merchants, clerks, and what not; and at evening they come backward to their homes hereaway, ...
James C. O'Connell, 2013
3
Democracy in Suburbia
nection to the community, we find little evidence that residents of a bedroom suburb like Littleton are any more alienated than residents of nearby Denver. Of course, the measures employed here are rather crude and blunt. Census data on the ...
J. Eric Oliver, 2001
4
Postmodern Urbanism
The term "bedroom suburb," for instance, is sexist because the home is only a bedroom for adults working full-time away from their residence. It is not just a bedroom for children, for adults who do not work outside the home (mainly women), ...
Nan Ellin, 1999
5
American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality
All those characteristics suggest the typical bedroom suburb. Although this group contained about a fourth of the population in the study areas in 1998, it had captured nearly 60 percent of the population growth in those areas between 1993 ...
Myron Orfield, 2011
6
The Property Tax, Land Use, and Land Use Regulation
For example, a person might live in a bedroom suburb, commute to work as a banker in an office park in an edge city, and shop at a regional mall on the outskirts of the metropolitan area. This represents an export of labor services from the ...
Dick Netzer, 2003
7
Peasant Wisdom: Cultural Adaptation in a Swiss Village
a bedroom suburb, but even that seems to be only a stopgap adaptation, because the commune continues to depopulate rapidly (Berthoud 1967: 70ff). The Valaisan commune of Trient, on the other hand, has long been a small summer resort ...
Daniela Weinberg, 1975
8
Don't Call It Sprawl: Metropolitan Structure in the 21st Century
(This is the basic principle of central place theory). Towns with higher FAR will export goods and services produced at high density to towns with low FAR. For example, a person might live in a bedroom suburb, commute to work as a banker in ...
William T. Bogart, 2006
9
The Richardson Light Guard of Wakefield, Massachusetts: A ...
... once been one of the most prominent families in the town.70 The town of South Reading, with a mixed agricultural and light industrial economy in the mid- nineteenth century, evolved into the town of Wakefield, a bedroom suburb of Boston.
Barry M. Stentiford, 2013
10
Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the US
Known as a bedroom suburb of Fort Worth, the city experienced dramatic growth during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Although its population reached 65,000 in 2007 (and showed no signs of slowing), parts of the suburb were already 40 ...
Bernadette Hanlon, John Rennie Short, Thomas J. Vicino, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEDROOM SUBURB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bedroom suburb is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Chris Christie Wants America to Apologize to Him for Bridgegate
... access lanes closed down at the George Washington Bridge toll plaza in Fort Lee, New Jersey, gnarling traffic in the sleepy bedroom suburb. «VICE, May 15»
2
A Road Trip for Public Transportation
The cherries were fine but more interesting was seeing the bedroom suburb sprouting up from some of the state's best farmland, even before ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
3
1st Congressional District race wide open
Besides not having a hometown candidate, DeSoto is a little different from much of north Mississippi, being largely a bedroom suburb of ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, May 15»
4
Hamilton County incumbent mayors win big on primary night
We want to continue our park and trail system, we want to continue to be something more than just a bedroom suburb. We want to continue to ... «Fox 59, May 15»
5
PRIMARY ELECTION 2015: Recap of key primary races
We want to continue our park and trail system, we want to continue to be something more than just a bedroom suburb. We want to continue to ... «WRTV Indianapolis, May 15»
6
Royal Docks Brewing coming to Stark County
With Jackson Township serving as an affluent bedroom suburb of both Akron and Canton, Bikis, 34, and Sutula, 42, said they know they'll have ... «Akron Beacon Journal, Apr 15»
7
Phil Ball: The perfect life, and perfect afterlife
Grow up in a place that had its own life — some action, some personality — not just some anonymous boring bedroom suburb. I grew up in ... «Muncie Star Press, Apr 15»
8
Gebroe-Hammer Associates Brokers Two Multi-Family Sales …
“Once considered a 'bedroom suburb' of New York City, Plainfield has evolved into an urban center of diverse industries and residential living ... «RealEstateRama, Mar 15»
9
What will it take to elect New Democrat Marie Renaud as St. Albert's …
Nowadays it's an Edmonton bedroom suburb with well over 60,000 residents. Still, as St. Albert NDP constituency association president ... «rabble.ca, Mar 15»
10
Welcome to the Village
It's easy to label the Village of Clemmons a “bedroom suburb” of Winston-Salem, but it's not entirely accurate. At least not anymore. While the ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Feb 15»

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