Definition of "burb" [burb]

• Informal A suburb: "when the condos get so dense out in those 'burbs that the deer have to run right through hot tubs” ( Russell Baker). (noun)

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• "When you live in an unincorporated "burb," you don't have to worry about cluttered junk around the yard or my tin building, which is full of old computers; and outside of it, I have gutted Macintoshes and various other digital peripherials."
• ""Why such sudden interest?" he replied, "Where is the 'burb' on his nose?""
• "This is terrible news happening right in the 'burb's backyard."