Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedroom community

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables
bed-room -com-mu-ni-ty
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A suburban, exurban, or urban community that is primarily or exclusively residential, as due to zoning, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood; often a suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily.

Inflected Forms

bedroom communities (plural)

Synonyms

bedtown commuter town bedroom suburb bedroom town dormitory town

Questions

What does bedroom community mean?
A suburban, exurban, or urban community that is primarily or exclusively residential, as due to zoning, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood; often a suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily.

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