quiet burb
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈkwaɪət bɜrb/
- Informal
- They enjoyed raising their children in a quiet burb where everyone knew each other.
Examples
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The house is located in a quiet burb just twenty minutes from downtown.
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She moved to a quiet burb after retiring from her busy city job.
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I love living in a quiet burb.
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Have you ever visited a quiet burb?
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After years in the city, they finally settled down in a quiet burb where they could enjoy the peaceful surroundings.
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Living in a quiet burb allows them to escape the noise and stress of urban life.
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His friends often visit him in the quiet burb to admire the serene parks and friendly community.
Synonyms
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1.8
An area in a town or city where people live near each other
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Areas outside a city center where people live
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4.2
Areas just outside a city where many people live
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8.6
A place outside a city where many people live, with houses and parks
Antonyms
How Peaceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a peaceful suburban neighborhood' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'quiet' (making little or no noise) with 'burb' (informal term for a suburb). This straightforward adjective+noun composition follows normal English patterns and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Quiet burb combines quiet and burb, where burb is a short, informal form of the word 'suburb', a town near a city. The image is small houses, lawns and low noise, so quiet burb means 'a peaceful suburban neighborhood'.