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   town

   /toun/

   noun

   • 1. an urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government, and that is generally larger than a village and smaller than a city.
   • ▪ the particular town under consideration, especially one's own town: "Carson was in town"
   • ▪ the central part of a neighborhood, with its business or shopping area: "Rachel left to drive back into town"
   • ▪ the chief city or town of a region: "he has moved to town"
   • ▪ a densely populated area, especially as contrasted with the country or suburbs: "the cultural differences between town and country"
   • ▪ the permanent residents of a college town as distinct from the members of the college: "a rift between the city's town and gown that resulted in a petition to the college"
   • ▪ another term for township

   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

     1

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