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housing or commercial buildings built along a stretch of road.[1925-30]
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ribbon development
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Ribbon development — means building houses along the roads radiating from a town. Ribbon development generated great concern in the UK during the 1920s and 30s, as well as in numerous other countries. Increasing motor car ownership meant that such houses would be… … Wikipedia
ribbon development — noun building complex in a continuous row along a road • Hypernyms: ↑building complex, ↑complex * * * ˈribbon development 7 [ribbon development] noun countable … Useful english dictionary
ribbon development — ribbon de.velopment n [U and C] BrE long lines of houses along the sides of a main road leading out of a town or city … Dictionary of contemporary English
ribbon development — noun Date: 1927 a system of buildings built side by side along a road … New Collegiate Dictionary
ribbon development — noun Brit. the building of houses along a main road … English new terms dictionary
ribbon development — noun (U) BrE long lines of houses along the side of the main roads leading out of a city, or the practice of arranging houses in this way … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ribbon development — UK / US noun [uncountable] British a long row of houses built along a major road leading out of a city … English dictionary
ribbon development — /ˈrɪbən dəvɛləpmənt/ (say ribuhn duhveluhpmuhnt) noun the unplanned building of houses, etc., along main roads leading out of large towns …
ribbon building — noun see ribbon development * * * ribbon building or ribbon development noun Unplanned building, growth of towns, in long strips along the main roads • • • Main Entry: ↑ribbon * * * ribbon building, British. the building of a ribbon development … Useful english dictionary
development — n. 1) arrested; economic; historical; intellectual; physical development 2) a housing development 3) (BE) a ribbon development ( line of similar buildings constructed along roads leading out of a town ) * * * [dɪ veləpmənt] economic historical… … Combinatory dictionary
