US /ˈaʊtskɝts/ UK /ˈaʊtskɜːts/
noun verb Freq #14467

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The outer parts of a city or town, away from the centre.

    They bought a quiet house on the outskirts of the city.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the outer parts of a city... suburb
Word family
Forms outskirtoutskirting

Etymology

From out- + skirts.

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