noun
an area outside of cities and towns (Freq. 3)
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his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country
• Syn: ↑country
• Ant: ↑urban area
• Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Hyponyms:
↑backwoods, ↑back country, ↑boondocks, ↑hinterland, ↑farmland, ↑farming area, ↑countryside, ↑scrubland, ↑weald, ↑wold
• Part Meronyms: ↑pasture, ↑pastureland, ↑grazing land, ↑lea, ↑ley
Useful english dictionary. 2012.