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   town

   /taʊn/

   noun

   • 1. a built-up area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government, that is larger than a village and generally smaller than a city: "the hotel is eight miles from the nearest town"
   • ▪ the particular town under consideration, especially one's own town: "Churchill was in town"
   • ▪ the chief city or town of a region: dated British "he has moved to town"
   • ▪ the permanent residents of a university town: "a rift between the city's town and gown"
   • 2. the central part of a neighbourhood, with its business or shopping area: "Rachel left to drive back into town"
   • 3. densely populated areas, especially as contrasted with the country or suburbs: "the cultural differences between town and country"
   • 4. another term for township North American

   Word Origin Old Englishtūn ‘enclosed piece of land, homestead, village’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuin ‘garden’ and German Zaun ‘fence’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. townish adjective
   • 2. townless adjective
   • 3. townlet noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • W

     4

   • N

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