What does residential area mean?
residential area
Plural: residential areas
Definition
A part of a town where most of the buildings are homes — houses and blocks of flats — rather than shops, offices or factories.
Example sentences
Rent has gone up so much that we can't afford to live in this residential area anymore.
Rent has gone up so much that we can't afford to live in this residential area anymore.
Remember that leafy residential area near the station? They're cutting down the trees along its main street.