suburb

/'sʌbə:b/

Thân thiện

A family takes a walk through their quiet suburb on a sunny afternoon.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A residential district located on the outskirts of a city: An area, often primarily containing houses, that is part of a larger metropolitan area but is outside the central city.

Usage

• The word "suburb" typically refers to a residential community that is a distinct part of a larger urban area. It implies a location that is less densely populated than the city center and is often characterized by single-family homes.
• It is commonly used in the plural form "the suburbs" to refer to the collective residential areas surrounding a city.
• Example:

Examples

• Noun:
  • She commutes from her home in the suburb to her office downtown every day.
  • The new shopping mall serves several nearby suburbs.
  • Life in the suburbs is often quieter than in the city center.

Advanced Usage

• "Bedroom suburb": A suburb from which most residents commute to jobs in the city.
  • The town transformed from a farming community into a bedroom suburb for the capital.
• "Inner suburb" vs. "Outer suburb": Terms distinguishing suburbs based on their proximity to the city center.
  • Inner suburbs often have older housing and better public transport links than outer suburbs.

Variants and Related Words

• Suburban (adj): Relating to or characteristic of a suburb.
  • They lead a typical suburban lifestyle.
• Suburbia (n): (Often used collectively) The suburbs, their inhabitants, and their way of life, sometimes with a connotation of conformity.
  • The novel is a satire of 1950s American suburbia.

Synonyms

• Outskirts: The outer parts of a city or town.
• Residential area: A part of a city or town where people live.
• Commuter town: A town whose residents primarily work in a nearby city.

Related Phrases

• "The burbs": (Informal, sometimes slightly derogatory) A shortened, colloquial term for "the suburbs".
  • He moved back to the city after ten years in the burbs.

Idioms

• "A ticket to the suburbs": A metaphorical phrase suggesting something that leads to a conventional, settled, family-oriented life away from the urban core.
  • For some, a promotion and a minivan is a ticket to the suburbs.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

Từ đồng nghĩa

• suburbia
• suburban area