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1 an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature several abandoned warehouses in the city's industrial section are being converted into art galleries and artists' lofts Synonyms nabe, neighborhood, quarter, districtRelated Words belt, zone; department, division, part; precinct, ward; area, backyard, locality, place, region; barrio, enclave, ghetto, hood (or 'hood)

2 one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled had trouble fitting the sections of the bookcase together Synonyms member, partition, portion, part, segmentRelated Words component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, moiety, parcel; cut, length; bit, fragment, particle, scrapNear Antonyms whole; aggregate, composite, compound, sum, total, totality