CITY LIMITS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does city limits mean? 

• CITY LIMITS (noun)
  The noun CITY LIMITS has 1 sense:

1. the limits of the area occupied by a city or town

  Familiarity information: CITY LIMITS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITY LIMITS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The limits of the area occupied by a city or town

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

city limit; city limits

Hypernyms ("city limits" is a kind of...):

demarcation; demarcation line; limit (the boundary of a specific area)

Holonyms ("city limits" is a part of...):

city (an incorporated administrative district established by state charter)

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)