noun
suburb
SUB-urb/ˈsʌbɜːrb/
A residential community on the edge of or just outside a city.
She lives in a quiet suburb just outside Chicago.
Etymology
Here sub- means near or below: a suburb was an outlying area just outside a city's walls. Such areas could be agricultural or residential, with the selected sense focusing on housing.
In context
inner ring suburbs are are places like Ferguson Missouri which is not a city it's a small suburb of St Louis but it's a suburb it's largely been abandoned by whites leaving outwards
More examples
- Many people commute from the suburbs to downtown offices.
- Our suburb has its own library and public schools.
- They moved from a downtown apartment to a nearby suburb.
Forms
suburb · suburbs
suburban adjective — Relating to residential communities outside cities.
suburbanite noun — A person who lives in a suburb.
Similar words
- neighborhood
- A local area, not necessarily a community outside a city.
- outskirts
- A city's outer areas, rather than a distinct residential community.