outskirts

Outskirts is defined as the edge of town or a remote area.

(noun)

An example of outskirts is a house located thirty minutes from town, down a dirt road.

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See outskirts in Webster's New World College Dictionary

plural noun

  1. districts remote from the center or midst, as of a city; outlying regions: sometimes, esp. formerly, used in sing.: much construction in the outskirts of the city
  2. the outer edge, border, or margin: a shack at the outskirts of town

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