outskirts

Noun

• outlying areas (as of a city or town)
  • "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"
  • "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"
• a part of the city far removed from the center
  • "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
• The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.
• plural of outskirt

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of outskirt

Examples

• He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.

Synonyms

fringe, outskirt