Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a surrounding or nearby region;
- Example: "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"- Example: "it is a rugged locality"- Example: "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"- Example: "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"[syn: vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
neck of the woods
n 1: 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" [syn: vicinity, locality, neighborhood,
neighbourhood, neck of the woods]