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Meaning of OUTSKIRT

Pronunciation:  'awt`skurt

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
 

OUTSKIRT is a 8 letter word that starts with O.

 

 Synonyms: fringe
 
 See Also: city district, suburb, suburban area, suburbia

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Out"skirt`\, n.
A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually
in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. --Wordsworth.

      The outskirts of his march of mystery.   --Keble.

 

 

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