Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A region; a neighborhood.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic A local neighbourhood or region.
- n. idiomatic A place or field in which one is comfortable or with which one is familiar.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a surrounding or nearby region
Etymologies
- From neck, narrow stretch of forest. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Agh, that perpetual shroud of coal dust that hung over this neck of the woods hit him.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘neck of the woods’.
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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favourite phrases
light pollution, poop deck, inclement weather, pole star, wax poetic, grandfather clock, tea cozy, lunar maria, shotgun wedding, gathering my wits..., pyrrhic victory, scorched earth and 108 more...
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RocknRolla (2008)
Words from 2008 'RocknRolla' film.
drip, consent, foothold, bricks and mortar, mortar, councillor, let down, wand, clean out, leg-up, hasty, erect and 115 more...
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