"white picket fence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white picket fences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=white picket fence}} white picket fence (plural white picket fences)
  1. (figurative) A symbol of the ideal middle-class suburban life, with a large house, family, and peaceful lifestyle. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-white_picket_fence-en-noun-uKgw~dql Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, picket fence.
    Sense id: en-white_picket_fence-en-noun-Kvx3j~Ef Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Inflected forms

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