Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: 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.
Example: This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.
Definition: Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
Example: I’ll be in Yonkers, then I’m driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.
Definition: A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
Definition: The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
Definition: Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
Example: Call me when you get to town.
Definition: A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
Definition: A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
Definition: An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
Definition: The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
Definition: A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
Definition: A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.