Thesaurus: suburb
An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in th…
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- n. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris.
- n. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.
- n. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- n:100 n. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city