Definition of suburbs Suburbs
/sʌˈbɚbz/ - [suberbz] -
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What does suburbs mean?
Wiktionary 
- suburbs (Noun)
The populated area surrounding a city.
Part of speech
🔤- suburbs, noun, plural of suburb.
WordNet
NounPlural: suburbs |
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| suburb - a residential district located on the outskirts of a city | ||
| suburbia, suburban area | ||
| residential area, residential district, community a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences | ||
| outskirt, fringe a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city" | ||
| addition the act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap day every four years" | ||
| bedroom community a community where many commuters live | ||
| faubourg a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city; "in Faubourg Sainte-Marie" | ||
| stockbroker belt a wealthy residential suburb | ||
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Wiktionary
- suburb (Noun)
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. - suburb (Noun)
Australian and New Zealand English any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- suburb (n.)
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 town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris. - suburb (n.)
Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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suburb
A residential district situated on the outskirts of a city or town.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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suburb
sub′urb, Suburbs, sub′urbz, n. the district which is near but beyond the walls of a city: the confines, outskirts.—adj. Subur′ban, situated or living in the suburbs.—n. one living in a suburb.—n. Subur′banism, the state of being suburban.—adj. Suburbicā′rian, being near the city, esp. of the provinces of Italy forming the ancient diocese of Rome. [L. suburbium—sub, under, near, urbs, a city.]
Wikipedia 
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A suburb is an area of a town or city a little away from the main center, where there are fewer big buildings and mainly houses, schools and shops. These are called suburbs or 'the suburbs'. Sometimes cities have suburbs that are over a very large area. The suburbs are still part of the city but may have a different name than the main city or town.
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, cities have spread very quickly and spread further. Transport in the form of trams, buses and cars mean that people can live farther away from their place of work. This led to the growth of the suburbs. Housing commonly includes detached and semi-detached houses, bungalows and flats. Less houses are built than in the inner city and there is often space for gardens and parks. As cities grow outwards, they begin to take over the surrounding countryside. Green belts have been created on the undeveloped land around a city to prevent urban sprawl and to prevent the towns and cities merging into one. It also encourages development within the town, while also protecting the countryside. Today the enormous need for new houses, particularly large detached and semi-detached houses in pleasant surroundings, means that some areas of green belt land have been built on and others threatened. It is cheaper to build on green belt land than to redevelop Brownfield sites in older parts of the town or city.
Part of speech
🔤- suburb, noun, singular of suburbs.
