dormitory suburb

noun

1. a suburb occupied mainly by the homes of commuters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dormitory suburb¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

These days it is a dormitory suburb of Glasgow and the air is clear but a century ago the town was ablaze with heavy industry.

From BBC

The town, built in the late 1960s as a dormitory suburb for electricity workers, had wide streets and a slender, anodised statue rising 30 metres out of the ground.

From The Guardian

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Research institutes were introduced around Novye Cheryomushki metro station in the 1960s to try to avoid it becoming a ‘dormitory suburb’.

From The Guardian

The findings released on Friday found the officers engaged in a "pattern of intimidation and harassment" of African-Americans who participate in the federally funded Section 8 affordable housing program in the area, which is a dormitory suburb of Los Angeles.

From Reuters

Horton was born in Gainesville, Florida, orphaned before her first birthday and brought up in foster care in Inkster, a dormitory suburb for black workers at Detroit's Ford factories.

From The Guardian