neck of the woods

neck of the woods
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

• 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

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.

Thesaurus: areas of countrieshyponym areas in towns or citieshyponym
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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neck of the woods — see ↑neck, 1
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Main Entry: ↑wood

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ˌneck of the ˈwoods idiom
(informal) a particular place or area

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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?

Main entry: ↑neckidiom

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