| town | |
| 1. n. A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city. | |
| This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns. | |
| 2. n. Any more urbanized center than the place of reference. | |
| I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight. | |
| 3. n. (historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week. | |
| 4. n. The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university. | |
| 5. n. (colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion. | |
| Call me when you get to town. | |
| 6. n. (legal) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls. | |
| 10. n. (Scotland) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. | |
