bedroom community — UK US // noun [C] (US (UK dormitory town) ► a place where many people who work in a bigger town or city live: »Businesses are expanding at a roaring pace in areas that have historically been bedroom communities. »The north shore has long been a… … Financial and business terms
bedroom community — noun a community where many commuters live • Hypernyms: ↑suburb, ↑suburbia, ↑suburban area * * * ˈbedroom community [bedroom community] (also ˈbedro … Useful english dictionary
bedroom community — bedroom com.munity also bedroom .suburb n AmE a place where people live but that does not have many businesses, so that people have to go to another town or city to work British Equivalent: dormitory town … Dictionary of contemporary English
bedroom community — bedroom com munity or ,bedroom suburb noun count AMERICAN a place from where many people travel to a town to work … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
A Bedroom Community — Infobox Album Name = A Bedroom Community Type = album Artist = Franklin Bruno Released = 1995 Recorded = Genre = folk rock, singer songwriter Length = mm:ss Label = Simple Machines Producer = Reviews = Last album = The Irony Engine 7 (1994) This… … Wikipedia
community — com‧mu‧ni‧ty [kəˈmjuːnti] noun communities PLURALFORM [countable] 1. all the people who live in the same area, city etc: • The new arts centre will serve the whole community. 2. a group of people who all share the same nationality, religion, or… … Financial and business terms
bedroom suburb — bedroom suburb, U.S. a suburb inhabited by persons who work all day in the city and spend only the night at home. * * * ˈdormitory town [dormitory town] (BrE) (NAmE ˈbedroom community … Useful english dictionary
bedroom — I. noun Date: 1616 a room furnished with a bed and intended primarily for sleeping • bedroomed adjective II. adjective Date: 1915 1. dealing with, suggestive of, or inviting sexual relations < a bedroom farce > < bedroom eyes … New Collegiate Dictionary
bedroom — /bed roohm , room /, n. 1. a room furnished and used for sleeping. adj. 2. concerned mainly with love affairs or sex: The movie is a typical bedroom comedy. 3. sexually inviting; amorous: bedroom eyes. 4. inhabited largely by commuters: a bedroom … Universalium
community — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. neighborhood, district, commonwealth; body, group; partnership, society. See party, sociality, region. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. joint, group, cooperative; see common 5 , public 1 , 2 . n. 1.… … English dictionary for students