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Webster 1828 Edition


Suburbs

SUB'URBS

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Noun.
[L. suburbium; sub and urbs, a city.]
1.
A building without the walls of a city, but near them; or more generally, the parts that lie without the walls, but in the vicinity of a city. The word may signify buildings, streets or territory. We say, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden is situated in the suburbs of London or Paris.
2.
The confines; the out part.
The suburb of their straw-built citadel.

Definition 2024


suburbs

suburbs

English

Noun

suburbs (uncountable)

  1. The populated area surrounding a city.

Etymology 2

Noun

suburbs

  1. plural of suburb