town

town is on the Basic English 850 List.

touch - town - trade

town is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

toward - town - trade

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /taʊ̯n/
• SAMPA: /taUn/

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Noun

Singular town

Plural towns

1. (countable) A small city.
   • Synonyms: municipality, settlement, township and city

   She went to a town called Beaverton.

   People from England call London "town".

Related words

• downtown
• go to town
• hometown
• midtown
• paint the town red
• township
• town hall
• uptown