Town
[taʊn]
Definition
(noun.) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; 'the whole town cheered the team'.
(noun.) an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; 'they drive through town on their way to work'.
(noun.) United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844).
Checker: Sylvia--From WordNet
Definition
(adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
(adv. & prep.) Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
(adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
(adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
(adv. & prep.) A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
(adv. & prep.) The court end of London;-- commonly with the.
(adv. & prep.) The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
(adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Village, HAMLET, place, BOROUGH.[2]. City, metropolis.[3]. Court end (of London).[4]. [Local, U. S.] Township.
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Definition
n. a place larger than a village not a city: the inhabitants of a town.—ns. Town′-clerk a clerk who keeps the records of a town; Town′-coun′cil the governing body in a town elected by the ratepayers; Town′-coun′cillor a member of a town-council; Town′-crī′er one who cries or makes public proclamations in a town; Town′hall a public hall for the official business of a town; Town′house a house or building for transacting the public business of a town: a house in town as opposed to one in the country.—adj. Town′ish characteristic of town as opposed to country.—ns. Town′land a township; Town′-meet′ing in New England a primary meeting of the voters of a town.—n.pl. Towns′folk the folk or people of a town.—ns. Town′ship the territory or district of a town: the corporation of a town: a district; Towns′man an inhabitant or fellow-inhabitant of a town.—n.pl. Towns′people townsfolk.—ns. Town′-talk the general talk of a town: the subject of common conversation; Town′y a townsman.
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Examples
- What a fine town but how the _buena gente_, the good people of that town, have suffered in this war. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I counted a' th' clocks in the town striking afore I'd leave my work. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But when they came to the town into Frances Street, the girl stopped a minute, and said, 'Yo'll not forget yo're to come and see us. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But pray, Colonel, how came you to conjure out that I should be in town today? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- In those in which they take place, and are in farm, there are many local duties which do not extend beyond a particular town or district. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The forest of oak trees on the mountain beyond the town was gone. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She had some guilty reason for going to the town secretly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We needn't make it known to ALL the town. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At the foot of this slant is the walled town of Gibraltar--or rather the town occupies part of the slant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They rested on some straw in a loft until the middle of the night, and then rode forward again when all the town was asleep. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some most important business. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In Middlemarch a wife could not long remain ignorant that the town held a bad opinion of her husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Sherman paid no attention at all to the overture, but pushed forward and took the town without making any conditions whatever with its citizens. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If they, too, proved unable to assist me, my resources for the present were at an end, and I might return to town. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Houston lived some distance from the town and generally went home late at night, having to pass through a dark cypress swamp over a corduroy road. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I believe I could make an independent fortune in a few years if I devoted myself exclusively to portraits, so great is the desire for good portraits in the different country towns. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I don't think Fifth-of-Novembers ought to be kept up by night except in towns. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The principal productions of these towns,' says Mr. Pickwick, 'appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At the various towns there were corresponding crowds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There you will find great towns, rich provinces, honour, glory, riches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We had customers in all the little towns in south-west Wisconsin, south-east Minnesota and north-east Iowa. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I knew that if the same excitement was attained at the various small towns along the road, and especially at Port Huron, the sale of papers would be great. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The greater part of it was laid upon the country; and of what was laid upon the towns, the greater part was assessed upon the houses. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Edison system of lighting was as beautifully conceived down to the very details, and as thoroughly worked out as if it had been tested for decades in various towns. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In small towns and country villages, on account of the narrowness of the market, trade cannot always be extended as stock extends. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But I wonder what happens in the other towns. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They had no use whatever for the towns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The small garrisons were drawn from the various towns and fortresses, and went to swell the main army. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We passed through several towns, and in one, a very large one, the coach stopped; the horses were taken out, and the passengers alighted to dine. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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