The Meaning of town

• (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.

Synonyms

townspeople , townsfolk , township , Town , Ithiel Town

Homophones

towne

Rhymes

allentown , around , ashdown , baytown , beantown , breakdown , bridgetown , brown , browne , charlestown , charlottetown , chinatown , clampdown , closedown , clown , comedown , cooperstown , countdown , crackdown , crosstown , crown , crowne , down , downe , downingtown , downtown , drown , elizabethtown , facedown , freetown , frown , georgetown , germantown , godown , gown , hoedown , hometown , jamestown , johnstown , knockdown , letdown , levittown , lockdown , lowdown , lown , markdown , marshalltown , mccoun , mccown , mcgown , mcquown , meltdown , middletown , midtown , morgantown , motown , newtown , newtowne , noun , playground , provincetown , renown , run-down , rundown , shakedown , shoun , showdown , shutdown , slowdown , southdown , sundown , touchdown , towne , turndown , uptown , watertown , williamstown , yorktown , youngstown