neighborhood

neigh·bor·hood  (nbr-hd)

n.

1. A district or area with distinctive characteristics: a neighborhood of fine homes; an ethnic neighborhood.

2. The people who live near one another or in a particular district or area: The noise upset the entire neighborhood.

3. The surrounding area; vicinity: happened to be in the neighborhood.

4. Informal Approximate amount or range: in the neighborhood of five million dollars.

5. Friendliness appropriate to a neighbor: a feeling of neighborhood.

6. Mathematics The set of points surrounding a specified point, each of which is within a certain, usually small distance from the specified point.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	neighborhood - a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods" locality, neck of the woods, neighbourhood, vicinity gold coast - a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area; "Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan" 'hood - (slang) a neighborhood place - a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago" proximity - the region close around a person or thing scenery - the appearance of a place section - a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"
	2.	neighborhood - people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" neighbourhood community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" hood - (slang) a neighborhood street - people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
	3.	neighborhood - the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100" region indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
	4.	neighborhood - an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community); "an ethnic neighborhood" area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"