English Explanatory Dictionary

neck of the woods

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A local neighbourhood or region.
  2. A place or field in which one is comfortable or with which one is familiar.

Pronunciation

En-au-neck of the woods.ogg

Word forms

neck of the woods necks of the woods

Etymology

See neck (“narrow tract of land”) or from Algonquian naiack ("point" or "corner").

Related words

up someone's alley right up someone's alley
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