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asphalt jungle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
as-phalt jun-gle
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From W. R. Burnett's novel The Asphalt Jungle (1949).

Inflected Forms

asphalt jungles (plural)

Phrases

concrete jungle

Frequently Paired Words

concrete jungle

Questions

What does asphalt jungle mean?
A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.
Where does asphalt jungle come from?
From W. R. Burnett's novel The Asphalt Jungle (1949).

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