Suburb

  • 21Suburb roister — Suburb Sub urb, n. [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city. See {Urban}.] 1. 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22suburb — noun Etymology: Middle English suburbe, from Anglo French, from Latin suburbium, from sub near + urbs city more at sub Date: 14th century 1. a. an outlying part of a city or town b. a smaller community adjacent to or within commuting distance of… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23suburb — suburbed, adj. /sub errb/, n. 1. a district lying immediately outside a city or town, esp. a smaller residential community. 2. the suburbs, the area composed of such districts. 3. an outlying part. [1350 1400; ME < L suburbium, equiv. to sub SUB&#8230; …

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  • 24suburb — noun a) the area on the periphery of a city or large town that falls between being truly part of the city, but is not countryside either. b) (Australian and New Zealand English) any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery …

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  • 25suburb — Synonyms and related words: Stadt, banlieue, boom town, borough, bourg, burg, burgh, city, conurbation, exurb, exurbia, faubourg, ghost town, greater city, market town, megalopolis, metropolis, metropolitan area, municipality, outskirts, polis,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26Suburb — Forstad …

    Danske encyklopædi

  • 27suburb — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. outlying district, residential district, suburbia, outskirts, banlieue (French), neighborhood; see also area 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. residential district, bedroom community, suburbia, *burbs, suburban district …

    English dictionary for students

  • 28Suburb — Sub|urb auch: Su|burb 〈 [sʌ̣bœ:b] f.; Gen.: , Pl.: s〉 Vorstadt, Randbezirk [Etym.: engl.] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 29suburb — see URBAN …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 30suburb — sub·urb || sÊŒbÉœrb / sÊŒbɜːb n. residential area lying on the outskirts of a city or town …

    English contemporary dictionary