noun
a surrounding or nearby region
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the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
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it is a rugged locality
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he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
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I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
• Syn: ↑vicinity, ↑locality, ↑neighborhood, ↑neighbourhood
• Derivationally related forms: ↑neighbour (for: ↑neighbourhood), ↑neighbor (for: ↑neighborhood), ↑local (for: ↑locality), ↑vicinal (for: ↑vicinity)
• Hypernyms: ↑section
• Hyponyms: ↑gold coast, ↑'hood, ↑place, ↑proximity, ↑scenery
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Left Bank, ↑Latin Quarter, ↑Montmartre, ↑Right Bank, ↑Charlestown
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1. : a settlement in a wooded country
2. : neighborhood, region
haven't been in that neck of the woods for a long time
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neck of the woods (informal)
A particular area, part of the country
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Main Entry: ↑neck
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neck of the woods phrase
a particular part of a town or country
Housing prices are a lot higher in this neck of the woods.
Main entry: neck
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informal a particular area or locality
imagine seeing her in this neck of the woods
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neck of the woods
informal : the place or area where someone lives
He's from my neck of the woods. [=he's from the area where I live]
How is the weather in your neck of the woods?
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Main Entry: ↑neck
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Main Entry: ↑wood
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ˌneck of the ˈwoods idiom
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He's from your neck of the woods
(= the area where you live).
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What are you doing in this neck of the woods?
Useful english dictionary. 2012.