OUTSKIRT

outskirt, fringe

(noun) a part of the city far removed from the center; “they built a factory on the outskirts of the city”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

outskirt (plural outskirts)

a more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb

Usage notes

• As a noun, plural form is much more common.

• In attributive use, the singular form is more common.

Source: Wiktionary


Out"skirt`, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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