Outskirts definition

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The outer edge, border, or margin.

A shack at the outskirts of town.

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

Much construction throughout the outskirts of the city.

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

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

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Plural form of outskirt; the edges or areas around a city or town.

He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.

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Outskirts Sentence Examples

  • The tomb of Jahangir is situated in the _gardens of Shandera on the outskirts of Lahore.

  • On the outskirts there is a hot chalybeate spring.

  • On the western outskirts lies the town of Ringwood.

  • The church of St Mary the Virgin rises on an eminence on the outskirts of the town.

  • The outskirts are richly cultivated with wheat, barley, lucerne and poppies.

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