neighbourhoodnoun [ C ]
UK US neighborhood uk/ˈneɪ.bə.hʊd/us/ˈneɪ.bɚ.hʊd/B1 the area of a town that surrounds someone's home, or the people who live in this area:
There were lots of kids in my neighbourhood when I was growing up.
They live in a wealthy/poor/friendly neighbourhood.
I wouldn't like to live in the neighbourhood of (= in the area around) an airport.
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- We live in a middle class neighbourhood.
- The police have taken fingerprints from every man in the neighbourhood.
- The neighbourhood is populated mainly by whites.
- There have been reports of a masked man prowling in the neighbourhood.
- Plans to build a new nightclub in the neighbourhood have enraged local residents.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Towns & regions: environments & localities
- arrondissement
- backyard
- belt
- environment
- environs
- field
- hood
- in your backyard idiom
- locality
- localize
- locally
- manor
- milieu
- neck
- pitch
- quarter
- surroundings
- this, our, etc. neck of the woods idiom
- turf
- vicinity
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Idiom(s)
in the neighbourhood of sth