suburb
A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.
Other meanings
The outer part; the environment.
Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.
Related words
- boomburb
- ecoburb
- slumburb
- subtopia
- suburbed
- suburbial
- suburblike
- zoomburb
- bedroom suburb
- burb
- Garden Suburb
- suburban
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "suburbe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “suburb” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.