suburban

Pluralsuburbans

1. 1
   adjective

   Relating to or characteristic of the residential areas on the outskirts of a city.

   The film captures the dull routines of suburban family life in the 1970s.

   Developers built rows of nearly identical suburban houses after the war.

   Oppositeurban, rural

2. 2
   nouncountable

   A person who makes their home in a suburb of a city.

   To her old friends in the city she had become a typical suburban, always talking about school districts and the commute.

   He remained a contented suburban, happy with his lawn and his neighbors.

3. 3
   nouncountable

   An automobile that combines a station wagon body with a truck chassis.

   The ranch hands piled into the dusty suburban before sunrise.

   Older suburbans were prized for hauling heavy loads over rough terrain.

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