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OUTSKIRT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outskirt mean?
• OUTSKIRT (noun)
The noun OUTSKIRT has 1 sense:
1. a part of the city far removed from the center
Familiarity information: OUTSKIRT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A part of the city far removed from the center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
fringe; outskirt
Context example:
they built a factory on the outskirts of the city
Hypernyms ("outskirt" is a kind of...):
city district (a district of a town or city)
Meronyms (parts of "outskirt"):
suburb; suburban area; suburbia (a residential district located on the outskirts of a city)
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