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Town

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Noun

1. town

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

Example Sentences:
'they drive through town on their way to work'

2. town, townsfolk, townspeople

the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

Example Sentences:
'the whole town cheered the team'

3. town, township

an administrative division of a county

Example Sentences:
'the town is responsible for snow removal'

4. ithiel town, town

United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Town

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noun
1. 
a. 
a densely populated urban area, typically smaller than a city and larger than a village, having some local powers of government and a fixed boundary
b. 
(as modifier)
town life
▶ Related adjective: urban
2. 
a city, borough, or other urban area
3. 
(in the US) a territorial unit of local government that is smaller than a county; township
4. 
the nearest town or commercial district
5. 
London or the chief city of an area
6. 
the inhabitants of a town
7. 
the permanent residents of a university town as opposed to the university staff and students
Compare gown (sense 3)
8.  go to town
9.  on the town

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Town

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noun
1.  British, Dialectal
a group of houses; hamlet
2. 
a more or less concentrated group of houses and private and public buildings, larger than a village but smaller than a city
3. 
a city or other thickly populated urban place
4.  US
a. 
in parts of the U.S., township (sense 2)
b. 
in New England and some other states, a unit of local government having its sovereignty vested chiefly in a town meeting
5. 
in England, a village that holds a market periodically
6. 
the business center of a city
to go into town
7. 
the inhabitants, voters, etc. of a town
8. 
the local residents of a town as distinct from the members of a college within the town
see also gown
adjective
9. 
of, in, for, or characteristic of a town

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Town

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n.
1.
a. A population center that is larger than a village and smaller than a city.
b. A territorial and political unit governed by a town meeting, especially in New England.
c. Informal A city: New York is a big town.
d. Chiefly British A rural village that has a market or fair periodically.
e. The residents of a town: The whole town was upset at the news.
2. An area that is more densely populated or developed than the surrounding area: going into town to shop.
3. The residents of a community in which a university or college is located, as opposed to the students and faculty: a dispute pitting town against gown.
4. A group of prairie dog burrows.
American architect particularly known for the design and construction of truss bridges.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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