ALL meanings of town
town
T t - noun town Ithiel [ith-ee-uh l] /ˈɪθ i əl/ (Show IPA), 1784–1844, U.S. architect. 1
- adjective town of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or belonging to a town: town laws; town government; town constable. 1
- idioms town go to town, Informal. to be successful. to do well, efficiently, or speedily: The engineers really went to town on those plans. to lose restraint or inhibition; overindulge. 1
- idioms town on the town, Informal. in quest of entertainment in a city's nightclubs, bars, etc.; out to have a good time: a bunch of college kids out on the town. supported by the public charity of the state or community; on relief. 1
- idioms town paint the town. paint (def 16). 1
- noun town small city 1
- noun town commercial centre 1
- countable noun town A town is a place with many streets and buildings, where people live and work. Towns are larger than villages and smaller than cities. Many places that are called towns in Britain would be called cities in the United States. 0
- countable noun town You can use the town to refer to the people of a town. 0
- uncountable noun town You use town in order to refer to the town where you live. 0
- uncountable noun town You use town in order to refer to the central area of a town where most of the shops and offices are. 0
- singular noun town If you refer to the town, you are referring to town and city areas in general, as opposed to country areas. 0
- noun town a densely populated urban area, typically smaller than a city and larger than a village, having some local powers of government and a fixed boundary 0
- noun town (as modifier) 0
- noun town a city, borough, or other urban area 0
- noun town (in the US) a territorial unit of local government that is smaller than a county; township 0
- noun town the nearest town or commercial district 0
- noun town London or the chief city of an area 0
- noun town the inhabitants of a town 0
- noun town the permanent residents of a university town as opposed to the university staff and students 0
- noun town a group of houses; hamlet 0
- noun town a more or less concentrated group of houses and private and public buildings, larger than a village but smaller than a city 0
- noun town a city or other thickly populated urban place 0
- noun town in parts of the U.S., township (sense 2) 0
- noun town in New England and some other states, a unit of local government having its sovereignty vested chiefly in a town meeting 0
- noun town in England, a village that holds a market periodically 0
- noun town the business center of a city 0
- noun town the inhabitants, voters, etc. of a town 0
- noun town the local residents of a town as distinct from the members of a college within the town 0
- adjective town of, in, for, or characteristic of a town 0