noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.

   "Many people commute into the business district from the outskirts of town."

2. 2
   a part of the city far removed from the center wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To surround as an outskirt. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

borderfringepenumbra

Example

More examples

"Many people commute into the business district from the outskirts of town."

Etymology

From out- + skirt.

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