outskirts

B2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈaʊtskɝts/ UK /ˈaʊtskɜːts/ See IPA manual

Freq #14467

Meanings

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.

Topics

Places & Geography

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