English Explanatory Dictionary

asphalt jungle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.

Pronunciation

en-au-asphalt jungle.ogg

Word forms

asphalt jungle asphalt jungles

Etymology

From W. R. Burnett's novel The Asphalt Jungle (1949).

Related words

concrete jungle
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