CONCRETE JUNGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concrete jungle mean? 

• CONCRETE JUNGLE (noun)
  The noun CONCRETE JUNGLE has 1 sense:

1. an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant

  Familiarity information: CONCRETE JUNGLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCRETE JUNGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("concrete jungle" is a kind of...):

jungle (a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival)

Meronyms (parts of "concrete jungle"):

street (the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction)

Holonyms ("concrete jungle" is a part of...):

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)