Outskirt (6)
I believe the answer is:
suburb
'outskirt' is the definition.
(I know that outskirt can be written as suburb)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for suburb that I've seen before include "Area on the outskirts of a city" , "Present (bill); melt down (fat)" , "Outer town area" , "Residential urban district" , "Outlying city district" .)