Link Centre Dictionary

neighbourhood

neigh·bour·hood

UK/ˈneɪbə.hʊd/ US/ˈneɪbɜrˌhʊd/ fairly common

noun

1.

a surrounding or nearby region

  • “the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville”
  • “it is a rugged locality”
  • “he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood”
  • “I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods”
2.

people living near one another

  • “it is a friendly neighborhood”
  • “my neighborhood voted for Bush”
Synonyms

Origin

From neighbour + -hood.

Related words

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.