subdivision

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
2. (countable)Such a piece that has been divided.

   “Work on one subdivision at a time.”

3. (countable)A parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
4. (countable)A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.

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

5. (Philippines, countable, uncountable)A gated community located within a barangay.

   “... 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.”

verb

1. (uncommon)To separate something into smaller pieces.