Definition of outskirts noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Add to word list (of cities and towns) the areas that form the edge: the outskirts of town (Definition of the outskirts from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

But if you live in between the two, you are in the outskirts, the place where the city ends and the suburbs begin. Outskirts describes the outer edge of a city or town, farthest from the center but still …

outskirts (ˈaʊtˌskɜːts) pl n (sometimes singular) outlying or bordering areas, districts, etc, as of a city

The meaning of OUTSKIRT is a part remote from the center : border —usually used in plural. How to use outskirt in a sentence.

The outskirts of a city or town are the parts of it that are farthest away from its centre.

We live on the outskirts of town.

OUTSKIRT definition: Often outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like. See examples of outskirt used in a sentence.

• The slaughterhouse is on the outskirts of the town, and can be smelled before it comes into view. • There are plans to build a new shopping mall on the outskirts of town.

Outskirts definition: Districts remote from the center or midst, as of a city; outlying regions.