neighborhood

neigh·bor·hood (nā′bər ho̵od′)

noun

Archaic friendly relations, as of neighbors; neighborliness
the state or quality of being neighbors
a community, district, or area, esp. with regard to some characteristic or point of reference an old neighborhood
the people living near one another; community the whole neighborhood pitched in and helped during the flood
Math. the set of all points which lie within a stated distance of a given point

in the neighborhood of

☆ Informal

Converse of object

flood: The Reverend Gilbert Scie leads a cleaning effort in his flooded neighborhood of Holy Cross, New Orleans.
surround: Focused on serving i ts surrounding residential neighborhoods, the mall offered few stores where UW students could shop for clothes.

Adjective modifier

shadle: Clue people take wine lovers were shadle park neighborhood first prize said.
upscale: We live in a beautiful upscale neighborhood in Connecticut and are only about 1 hour train ride to NYC.
suburban: The increased standard of living could be seen in the various suburban neighborhoods that began to develop outside major cities.
low-income: When most bank employees got their degrees, they did not dream of nights and weekends in small branches in low-income neighborhoods.
residential: Focused on serving i ts surrounding residential neighborhoods, the mall offered few stores where UW students could shop for clothes.
civilian: Labs where bombs are manufactured are located in civilian neighborhoods.

Modifies a noun

kid: I tried it out with the neighborhood kids first.
bully: The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land, He's wandered the earth an exiled man.
association: Fill up certain neighborhood association of the quot world.
store: They have quality stores in good locations and it fits perfectly with our new convenience strategy to grow our portfolio of neighborhood convenience stores.
resident: Most often, they sold the goods to other neighborhood residents directly.
bar: He spends most of his time in the neighborhood bar with a group of regulars.

Noun used with modifier

shadle: Make better business deals shadle park neighborhood takes a certain p p multi.
florida: And not focused compared to two among all florida health insurance neighborhood eligible problems is impeding.
park: Make better business deals shadle park neighborhood takes a certain p p multi.
insurance: And not focused compared to two among all florida health insurance neighborhood eligible problems is impeding.
network: Access rights can be set remotely in the network neighborhood.
class: In reality, the PLO leaders lived in a residential building in the most modern and upper class neighborhood of Verdun in Beirut.

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