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• suburb (noun)

suburb

/ˈsʌˌbɚb/

noun

plural

suburbs

suburb

/ˈsʌˌbɚb/

noun

plural

suburbs

Britannica Dictionary definition of SUBURB

[count]

:

a town or other area where people live in houses near a larger city

• She left the city and moved to the suburbs. [=one of the suburbs near that city]

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— often + of

• the suburbs of Chicago
• I grew up in a suburb of Denver.

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