Meaning & use
outskirts
The outer areas of a town or city, farther from the center.
See it in a sentence
They bought a quiet house on the outskirts of the city, away from the traffic.
The factory was built on the outskirts to keep noise away from residential areas.
A note on using this word
Almost always used in the plural form, even when referring to the edges of a single town.
Words with a similar meaning
peripherysuburbs
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Words with an opposite meaning
centerdowntown
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