Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compact neighbourhood

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: com-pact neigh-bour-hood
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Higher-density development in which a variety of land uses are located such that residents and workers are within walking distance of many destinations.

Inflected Forms

compact neighbourhoods (plural) compact neighborhood (alternative)

Questions

What does compact neighbourhood mean?: Higher-density development in which a variety of land uses are located such that residents and workers are within walking distance of many destinations.

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