noun
suburb
SUH-burb
noun
1
A residential area on the edge of a city, with its own local shops and services.
"They moved to a quiet suburb to raise their kids."
"Traffic into the city from the suburbs gets worse every year."
How to Use Suburb
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA residential neighborhood just outside the main part of a city.
Common pairings
leafy suburb
move to the suburbs
commute from the suburbs
Word Forms
suburbs plural
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Etymology
From Old French suburbe, from Latin suburbium, from sub- ("near, under") plus urbs ("city").