subdivision

American  

[suhb-di-vizh-uhn] / ˈsʌb dɪˌvɪʒ ən /

noun

1. the act or fact of subdividing.

2. a product of subdividing, as a section of a department.

3. a portion of land divided into lots for real-estate development.

4. Botany, Mycology. a category of related classes within a division or phylum.

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subdivision British  

/ ˈsʌbdɪˌvɪʒən /

noun

1. the process, instance, or state of being divided again following upon an earlier division

2. a portion that is the result of subdividing

3. a tract of land for building resulting from subdividing land

4. a housing development built on such a tract

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Other Word Forms

• subdivisional adjective

Etymology

Origin of subdivision

1545–55; < Late Latin subdīvīsiōn- (stem of subdīvīsiō ), equivalent to subdīvīs ( us ) (past participle of subdīvīdere to subdivide ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

The street leading up to the school was lined with new subdivisions, with houses in various states of completion.

From Literature

Neighbors rode bikes and walked the streets of the desert subdivision.

From The Wall Street Journal

Still, in 1965, as agriculture of all kinds was being crowded out by subdivisions, California enacted the Williamson Act to give tax breaks to landowners who kept their property dedicated to agriculture.

From Los Angeles Times

Some eight workers were arrested in a chaotic scene of laborers running away from federal vehicles racing through the three-street subdivision at high speed, the builders said.

From The Wall Street Journal

He and his wife, Cheri, bought a comfortable home in a tidy subdivision here in the heart of Bayou Country.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• tract