SUBURB


Meaning of SUBURB in English

I. ˈsəˌbərb, -ˌbə̄b, -ˌbəib sometimes -_bə(r)b noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin suburbium, from sub- under, near + urb-, urbs city — more at sub-

1.

a. : an outlying part of a city or town : a smaller place adjacent to or sometimes within commuting distance of a city

the Connecticut shore has become a suburb of New York City

b. suburbs plural : the residential area on the outskirts of any city or large town — used with the

live in the suburbs

2. suburbs plural : the near vicinity : periphery , environs

carries them to the brink of rebirth and the suburbs of destruction — R.P.Blackmur

II. adjective

1. : suburban

2. obsolete

a. : of or characteristic of life in the suburbs of the City of London in the 16th and 17th centuries

b. : loose , dissolute

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.