Subdivision

Quick meaning: Subdivision is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.

More Meanings

1. (countable) Such a piece that has been divided.
2. (countable) A parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
3. (countable) A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.
4. (Philippines) A gated community located within a barangay.
5. (uncommon) To separate something into smaller pieces.

Example Sentences

Work on one subdivision at a time.

They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.

... By the 1970s, cattle rustling had fallen by the wayside, as tractors replaced carabaos and industrial estates and residential subdivisions supplanted rice fields as the mainstays of Cavite's suburban northern towns.

As the farms give way to the residential subdivisions and industrial estates, the centuries-old traditional Filipino houses, slightly raised above grounds and standing on stilts, are abandoned in the quest for more living space.

Word Forms

• subdivisions
• subdivisioning
• subdivisioned

Synonyms for subdivision

Depending on context, synonyms include partition, section, division, segmentation, arm, partitioning.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, section.

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