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Noun: burb
Usage: N. Amer, informal (elsewhere: suburb)
  1. A residential district located on the outskirts of a city
    "They moved to the burbs to escape the noise of the city";
    - suburb, suburbia, suburban area

Derived forms: burbs

Type of: community, residential area, residential district

Part of: fringe, outskirt

Encyclopedia: Burb