asphalt jungle

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Definition of asphalt jungle in English English dictionary

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

Harlem comes through as an urban hothouse mean with exotic hustle and violence, a tangible asphalt jungle with its own abrasive laws of motion.

A large city or an urban or inner-city area, especially when characterized as congested and crime-ridden

Hyphenation

as·phalt jun·gle

Turkish pronunciation

äsfôlt cʌnggıl

Synonyms

city, concrete jungle, downtown, inner city, mean streets, metropolis, municipality, urban complex

Pronunciation

/ˈasˌfôlt ˈʤəɴɢgəl/ /ˈæsˌfɔːlt ˈʤʌŋɡəl/

Etymology

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