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Thesaurus: outskirt

A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town.

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  1. n. A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town.
  2. n. a part of the city far removed from the center
  3. A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. Wordsworth. The outskirts of his march of mystery. Keble.
  4. A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usuallyin the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. Wordsworth.The outskirts of his march of mystery. Keble.
  5. n. a part of the city far removed from the center