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Outlying areas (as of a city or town)
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outskirts
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Outskirts (, meaning Outskirts ), also known in English as The Patriots or by the transliterated Russian title Okraina , is a 1933 Soviet film directed by Boris Barnet .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the outskirts of a city (= the edge ) ▪ There were several bombings on the outskirts of the city. the outskirts/edge of a town ▪ It was six o'clock when she reached the outskirts of the town. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of outskirt English)Category:English plurals; the edges or areas around a city or town.