Outskirts Definition

outskʉrts
noun
Districts remote from the center or midst, as of a city; outlying regions.
Much construction throughout the outskirts of the city.
Webster's New World
The outer edge, border, or margin.
A shack at the outskirts of town.
Webster's New World

Plural form of outskirt; the edges or areas around a city or town.

He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.
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Outskirts Sentence Examples

  • The tomb of Jahangir is situated in the _gardens of Shandera on the outskirts of Lahore.

  • On the outskirts there is a hot chalybeate spring.

  • On the western outskirts lies the town of Ringwood.

  • The church of St Mary the Virgin rises on an eminence on the outskirts of the town.

  • The outskirts are richly cultivated with wheat, barley, lucerne and poppies.

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