bedroom community
noun/ˈbedruːm kəmjuːnəti/, /ˈbedrʊm kəmjuːnəti/
/ˈbedruːm kəmjuːnəti/, /ˈbedrʊm kəmjuːnəti/
(also bedroom suburb)
(both North American English) (British English dormitory town)
- a town that people live in and from where they travel to work in a bigger town or city
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