neighbourhood
noun /ˈneɪbəhʊd/
/ˈneɪbərhʊd/
(US English neighborhood)
Idioms - We grew up in the same neighbourhood.
- a poor/quiet/residential neighbourhood
- an old working-class neighbourhood
- Manhattan is divided into distinct neighborhoods.
- the neighbourhood police
- He shouted so loudly that the whole neighbourhood could hear him.
Extra Examples- Before long the whole neighbourhood knew about it.
- The school is situated in the most affluent neighbourhood of the city.
- I lived in a tough neighbourhood.
- Our health depends on creating neighbourhoods that are conducive to walking.
- She volunteered to make a potato salad for the neighbourhood party.
- The place feels like a real neighbourhood.
- There was a large school in the neighbourhood.
- There were various parks around the neighbourhood.
- They hired a private police force to patrol the neighbourhood.
- They often got together with other parents in the local neighbourhood.
- Tourists rarely visit that neighbourhood.
- We used to ride bikes around the neighbourhood.
- a bar located in the middle of Chicago's gay neighbourhood
- a neighbourhood populated mainly by Mexican Americans
- stray dogs who roam the neighbourhood
- the criminals who are destroying our neighbourhood
- We live in a quiet, residential neighbourhood in the south of the city.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- friendly
- nice
- safe
- …
- build
- create
- establish
- …
- resident
- boy
- children
- …
- around the neighbourhood
- round the neighbourhood
- in a/the neighbourhood
- …
- We searched the surrounding neighbourhood for the missing boy.
- It was a car from outside the immediate neighbourhood.
- in the neighbourhood of… Houses in the neighbourhood of Paris are extremely expensive.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- friendly
- nice
- safe
- …
- build
- create
- establish
- …
- resident
- boy
- children
- …
- around the neighbourhood
- round the neighbourhood
- in a/the neighbourhood
- …
Idioms
in the neighbourhood of
- (of a number or an amount) approximately; not exactly
- It cost in the neighbourhood of $500.
Wordfinder
- isolated
- location
- neighbourhood
- outskirts
- provincial
- residential
- rough
- rural
- suburban
- urban