town
/ˈtaʊ̯n/
A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand; Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference
- plural
- towns
Meanings
- 1
A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand — as of the early 21st century
Will you come to town?
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
He showed me around town.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference
- 3
A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a weekrare
- 4
The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a universityrare
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Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussionrare
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A major city, especially one where the speaker is locatedrare
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An interconnected maze of tunnels in which prairie dogs liverare
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A townhouserare
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A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a partrare
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An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domainrare