town

/taʊn/ noun

Definition

PLACE [C] › a place where people live and work, usually larger than a village but smaller than a city: It's a small town in the north of England.

CENTRAL AREA [U] › the central area of a town where the shops are: I usually go into town on a Saturday. Shall I meet you in town?

→ See also ghost town → See also shanty town

(Definition of town noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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