neck of the woods

Your neck of the woods is your neighborhood, town, or the area where you live. You might complain that there's no good pizza in your neck of the woods.

Use neck of the woods to describe your surroundings. Your street is your neck of the woods, but so is your region: if you live in New Hampshire, you might describe the entire New England area as your neck of the woods. The phrase comes from the sense of neck as a strip of land. In Britain, this refers to land with water on both sides, but early Americans used it to mean "a settlement in the woods."

Definitions of neck of the woods

1. noun

   a surrounding or nearby region
   “I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods”

   synonyms: locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity

   examples:

   Latin Quarter

   the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life

   Montmartre

   the highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists

   Right Bank

   the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine

   Charlestown

   a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629

   types:

   gold coast

   a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area

   'hood

   (slang) a neighborhood

   place

   a general vicinity

   proximity

   the region close around a person or thing

   scenery

   the appearance of a place

   front, presence

   the immediate proximity of someone or something

   landscape

   an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

   seascape

   a view of the sea

   type of:

   section

   a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people