exurb
UK/ˈɛɡˌzɜːb/US/ˈɛɡˌzɝb/
exurb noun: a residential area beyond the suburbs.
Noun
exurb (plural exurbs)
- A residential area beyond the suburbs.
- I had my first taste of a collapsing exurb last night.2008 July 21, Megan McArdle, “Exurbs delenda est”, in The Atlantic
- Lots of cities are exurbs of other cities for reasons of finance or infrastructure.2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 91
- Synonyms:
- exurbia
exurb meaning in Tamil
exurb in Tamil
- நகரின் வளமான பகுதி
Synonyms of exurb
Forms of exurb
| plural | exurbs |
|---|
Origin of exurb
Blend of extra + urban.
Questions about exurb
- What does exurb mean?
- Exurb means a residential area beyond the suburbs.
- What is exurb in Tamil?
- Exurb in Tamil is நகரின் வளமான பகுதி. See Exurb meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is exurb?
- Exurb is a noun.
- How do you pronounce exurb?
- Exurb is pronounced /ˈɛɡˌzɜːb/ (UK).
- What is the plural of exurb?
- The plural of exurb is exurbs.
Words near exurb in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exurb (page history and authors); exurb (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “exurb.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/exurb. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.