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rural
has definitions from the field of agriculture
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[ adjective ] (agriculture) living in or characteristic of farming or country life
Examples "rural people" "large rural households" "unpaved rural roads" "an economy that is basically rural" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)A Highway_Department source said there also is a plan there to issue some $ 3 million to $ 4 million worth of Rural_Roads_Authority bonds for rural road construction work . The Highway_Department source told The_Constitution , however , that Vandiver has not been consulted yet about the plans to issue the new rural roads bonds . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Cotten construed this as a veiled effort by Parkhouse to help Dallas and other large cities get money which Cotten felt could better be spent providing water for rural Texas . ("Editorials"...)If Nikita buys a small plot in some modest rural cemetery , everyone will understand . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)If , in Larkin 's eyes , they are nothing but Piccadilly farmers , he has as much to learn about them as they have to learn about the ways of truly rural living . |
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[ adjective ] relating to rural areas
Examples "rural electrification" "rural free delivery (RFD)" Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)John , an engineer and anthropologist with a doctorate from the London_School_of_Economics , headed the rural development division of USOM , the United_States_Operations_Mission administering U._S. aid . (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)Negroes , Puerto_Ricans , and rural newcomers are slowly making their way into the cities . Related terms |
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