Town and Urban sprawl

Town

Town noun - A thickly settled, highly populated area.
Usage example: after driving for miles with nothing but corn and wheat fields to look at, we were relieved to roll into a small town and have a bite to eat at the local diner
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Synonyms for Town

Urban sprawl and town are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Urban sprawl" instead a noun "Town".

Nearby Words: township, townsman

Urban sprawl

Urban sprawl noun - An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.
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Synonyms for Urban sprawl

Town and urban sprawl are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Town" instead a noun phrase "Urban sprawl".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Literature / The Great Divorce Mundane Afterlife: Hell is just a rainy twilit town that gives new meaning to "urban sprawl".
  • Definitely a place with a reputation for being snobbish and pretentious, the county town is Guildford although the county council's headquarters are in London (the north of Surrey is mostly parts of London's urban sprawl which aren't in Greater London).
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