English > rural area: 1 sense > noun 1, locationMeaning | An area outside of cities and towns. |
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Synonym | country |
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Parts | pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley | A field / field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock |
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Narrower | backwoods, back country, boondocks, hinterland | A remote and undeveloped area |
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countryside | Rural regions |
farmland, farming area | A rural area where farming is practiced |
scrubland | An uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation |
weald | An area of open or forested country |
wold | A tract of open rolling country (especially upland) |
Broader | geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region | A demarcated area of the Earth |
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Opposite | urban area, populated area | A geographical area constituting a city or town |
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Spanish | área rural, campo, país, zona rural |
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Catalan | àrea rural, camp, espai rural, país, zona rural |
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