- (sometimes singular) outlying or bordering areas, districts, etc, as of a city
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outskirts /ˈaʊtˌskɜːts/ pl n
out•skirt /ˈaʊtˌskɜrt/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Often, outskirts. [plural] the outlying district or region, as of a city.
out•skirt
(out′skûrt′),USA pronunciation n.
- Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like:to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
- Usually, outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like:the outskirts of respectability.
- out- + skirt 1590–1600
'outskirts' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
environs
- Hatfield
- hypermarket
- purlieu
- Rijswijk
- suburb
- acreage
- barriada
- bidonville
- Chapultepec
- circumferential
- edge city
- outskirt
- peripheral
- periphery
- propolis
- tag
- town
- skirt