asphalt jungle
asphalt jungle
nounDefinition of ASPHALT JUNGLE
: a big city or a specified part of a big city
Examples of ASPHALT JUNGLE
- <a realistic novel about life in the asphalt jungle>
First Known Use of ASPHALT JUNGLE
1920
Related to ASPHALT JUNGLE
Related Words: borough; conurbation; urban sprawl; exurb, suburb, suburbia; central city, edge city, garden city; core city, downtown, inner city, midtown
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