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DictionaryneckLocal area
noun

neck

A particular area or neighborhood.

We do not get much snow in this neck of the woods.

Etymology
hneccaOld Englishneck, nape

Neck can name a narrow stretch of land, by comparison with the body's neck. In expressions such as neck of the woods, it broadened to a particular locality.

More examples

  • What brings you to our neck of the country?
  • He grew up in the same neck of the woods.
  • There are few shops in that neck of the county.

Forms

neck · necks

Similar words

area
The neutral term without the informal fixed expression.
district
Usually a defined geographical or administrative area.