commuter belt
Definitions
A zone surrounding a metropolitan area or city from which commuters travel to the area or city to work.
Equivalents
DeutschSpeckgürtel
Examples
“Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt.”
“More money for the NHS; vaccines will save⟳ us; life in commuter-belt England will continue⟳ much as it always has.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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