Rural

Word RURAL
Character 5
Hyphenation ru ral
Pronunciations /ˈɹɔːɹəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Rural"

What do we mean by rural?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the country. adjective

Of or relating to people who live in the country. adjective

Of or relating to farming; agricultural. adjective

Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; belonging to or characteristic of the country.

Pertaining to agriculture or farming: as, rural economy.

Living in the country; rustic.

Synonyms Rural, Rustic, Pastoral, Bucolic. Rural is always used in a good sense, and is applied chiefly to things: as, rural pleasures; rural scenery. Rustic is used in a good sense, but also has a sense implying a lack of the refinements of the town or city: as, rustic gallantry. Pastoral means belonging to a shepherd or his kind of life; bucolic, belonging to the care of cattle or to that kind of life. Pastoral is always used in a good sense; bucolic is now often used with a shade of contempt.

Cowper applies rural to persons as well as things.

A countryman; a rustic. noun

Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic. adjective

Of or pertaining to agriculture. adjective

See under Dean. adjective

The state, office, or residence, of a rural dean. adjective

Pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas. adjective

Of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city adjective

Living in or characteristic of farming or country life adjective

A person from the countryside; a rustic.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Rural

The word "rural" in example sentences

Enchanting villa, suitable for rural tourism - Tenerife - chalet para ´hotel rural´ ❋ Unknown (2010)

But after six years of living in what they call a rural haven, they saw a bulldozer begin tearing down nearby forests to make way for new homes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Perhaps my attraction for the rural is attributed to the town where I was born -- La Mesa. ❋ Unknown (2002)

"I suppose that is what you call a rural sight -- a barefoot girl, with a burnt face and huge sunbonnet?" ❋ Mary Jane Holmes (1866)

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Did you really need a gun permit in rural Texas during the 50s? ❋ Unknown (2010)

As if to illustrate the problem, residents attending a meeting Wednesday in rural Queensbury unleashed their anger and cynicism at a state government they described as corrupt, self-dealing and too quick to increase taxes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a precocious teenage DJ in rural Washington State, Mr. Beck decided his destiny was to work in the famed studios of Radio City, which he encountered in the liner notes of a double-album called The Golden Years of Radio. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Secondly, BPL DOES work very well ESPECIALLY in rural areas where cable companies will not reach. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And what would you do about the 47 liberals in rural parts of Nebraska? anon Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

A wholesome tale of an enthusiastic orphan girl accidentally adopted by a brother and sister in rural Prince Edward Island, bringing a mild amount of subversive chaos to their orderly lives and to the life of their small town. ❋ Nwhyte (2010)

In one case, CDS enlisted four MBA volunteers to develop tourism in rural Nigeria. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The first meeting about the still exhibit was at Johnson's farm in rural Wilkes County, N.C. Dressed in bib overalls, Johnson cooked eggs, sausage and bacon for a team of Armani-clad designers from New York. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Payroll taxes – however not-very-progressive – are more progressive than any flat tax and quite a bit more progressive for a lot of people, especially the tens of millions of people who live in rural places. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And Verlyn Klinkenborg, an accomplished poet-essayist of the rural, is the steady voice on the page to all that is green within us. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tax cuts for the * poor* who are living paycheck-to-paycheck do work — that usually means social security and Medicare payroll taxes, and sales taxes, and in rural areas property taxes, because those are the only taxes paid by poor people. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And one problem in rural America is the limited amount of affordable rental housing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When I was working at a pre-school in rural Honduras, I asked my students how many of them had an immediate family membermojado – illegal – in the States. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is a brilliant and brutal depiction of childhood in rural Alabama in the 1930s, when your father is the town's most visible liberal, and of the murder of a black man by racism. ❋ Nwhyte (2009)

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