Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A region; a neighborhood.
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- noun idiomatic A
local neighbourhood orregion . - noun idiomatic A
place orfield in which one iscomfortable or with which one isfamiliar .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a surrounding or nearby region
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From neck, narrow stretch of forest.]
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February 28, 2008