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
The residents,(as opposed to gown, the students etc.) of a community having a university
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
(A) is the Anglo-Saxon tún, a plot of ground fenced round or enclosed by a hedge; a single dwelling; a number of dwelling-houses enclosed together forming a village or burgh Our ancestors in time of war would cast a ditch, or make a strong hedge about their houses, and houses so environed got the name tunes annexed into them (as Cote-tun, now Cotton, the cote or house fenced in or tuned about; North-tun, now Norton South-tun, now Sutton) In troublous times whole `thorpes' were fenced in, and took the name of tunes (towns) and then `stedes' (now cities), and `thorpes' (villages), and burghs (burrows) got the name of townes - Restitution, p 232
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work
The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country
a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government
an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal"
Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor
If you say that someone goes to town on something, you mean that they deal with it with a lot of enthusiasm or intensity. We really went to town on it, turning it into a full, three-day show
A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country
Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop
If you go out on the town or go for a night on the town, you enjoy yourself by going to a town centre in the evening and spending a long time there visiting several places of entertainment. My idea of luxury used to be going out on the town and coming back in the early hours of the morning = on the tiles. American architect particularly known for the design and construction of truss bridges. Camden Town Group Cape Town new town town meeting
You use town in order to refer to the central area of a town where most of the shops and offices are. I walked around town I caught a bus into town. see also ghost town, hometown, new town
Can refer to expansions, but generally indicates the buildings in your initial starting spot