noun
- the suburbs; residential areas outside a city center
Usage: informal; plural
Examples
- After college, they moved to the burbs to start a family.
- Life in the burbs is quieter than downtown living.
- She commutes from the burbs to her job in the city.
- The burbs offer more space and better schools.
- He grew up in the burbs but always dreamed of city life.
- Shopping malls are common in the burbs.