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[ suh -bur -buh n ] SHOW IPA
/ səˈbɜr bən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
characteristic of a suburb or suburbs.
noun a suburbanite.
a short overcoat for casual wear.
station wagon.
Origin of suburban First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin suburbānus “located close to a city (especially to Rome),” equivalent to sub- + urb- (stem of urbs “city”) + -ānus adjective suffix; see origin at sub-, urban
historical usage of suburban See urban.
OTHER WORDS FROM suburban sub·ur·ban·ism, noun non·sub·ur·ban, adjective, noun sem·i·sub·ur·ban, adjective un·sub·ur·ban, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH suburban rural, suburban , urban Words nearby suburban subumbrella, subungual, subunit, subunit vaccine, suburb, suburban , suburbanite, suburbanization, suburbanize, suburbia, suburbicarian
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Example sentences from the Web for suburban Set among the vacant houses of suburban New Mexico, the film offers a bleak perspective on the possibility of growth and renewal.
After The Fall: Introducing The Anti-Villain | Rich Goldstein| December 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Three months of despair were ignited in suburban Missouri when officer Darren Wilson was told he would walk free.
Raging Protesters Set Ferguson on Fire | Justin Glawe| November 25, 2014| DAILY BEAST
This demographic reality means that whoever wins the suburban vote in 2016 and beyond will inherit the political future.
The Progressives’ War on Suburbia | Joel Kotkin| November 16, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But the best way to see the suburban impact is to look at the House races.
The Progressives’ War on Suburbia | Joel Kotkin| November 16, 2014| DAILY BEAST
A food court in a suburban mall seemed like a good place to meet Ed the Sock.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything | Soraya Roberts| November 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Here is the most famous and most picturesque fish-market of all suburban Venice.
For themselves or their children their goal is the open country beyond the suburban fringe.
If You're Going to Live in the Country | Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley
Down past the terminal and out the Suburban track, bedraggled and undaunted, stalks the vagabond along the way of knowledge.
The Best Short Stories of 1919 | Various
So they rocked through the ill-paved streets of Moscow, and rushed the suburban barricade without mishap.
The Book of All-Power | Edgar Wallace
He had drawn down a yellow blind, on which was painted a picture of a suburban cemetery.
Mark Rutherford's Deliverance | Mark Rutherford
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British Dictionary definitions for suburban adjective of, relating to, situated in, or inhabiting a suburb or the suburbs
characteristic of or typifying a suburb or the suburbs
censorious narrow or unadventurous in outlook
noun another word for suburbanite
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Words related to suburban rural, country