noun
1 place with many streets and buildings
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , large , major
▪ little , small , tiny ( esp. AmE )
▪ nearby , neighbouring/neighboring , surrounding
▪ ancient , historic , medieval , old
▪ new
▪
It was built as a new ~ in the 1960s. ( BrE )
▪ company ( esp. AmE ), factory ( esp. AmE ), farm ( esp. AmE ), industrial , mill , mining
▪
a 19th-century mill ~ that used to produce cotton
▪ busy
▪
a busy market ~
▪ boom , thriving
▪
Rio was a boom ~ and trade was thriving.
▪
a thriving mining ~
▪ dusty , sleepy
▪
the dusty border ~ of Eagle Pass, Texas
▪
a sleepy provincial ~ in southern France
▪ remote
▪ country , provincial , rural
▪ county ( BrE )
▪
Exeter, the county ~ of Devon
▪ home , native
▪
She has gone back to live in her home ~.
▪ border , frontier
▪ mountain , prairie ( esp. AmE )
▪ beach ( esp. AmE ), coastal , seaside ( esp. BrE )
▪
the sun-drenched beach ~s of Southern California
▪ holiday ( BrE ), resort
▪ cathedral , college ( AmE ), market , university ( esp. BrE )
▪ dormitory ( BrE ), satellite
▪ fortified
▪
Kitzbühel is an ancient fortified ~.
▪ shanty
▪ ghost
▪
It's been a ghost ~ since the gold rush ended.
▪ twin ( BrE )
▪
Darlington's twin ~ of Amiens
VERB + TOWN
▪ build , found
▪ live in
▪
How many people live in the ~?
▪ get out of , leave , move out of , skip ( informal , esp. AmE )
▪
He left ~ yesterday for a conference in Cape Town.
▪
They wanted to move out of ~ and start a new life in the country.
▪ surround
▪
the rolling hills that surround the ~
TOWN + VERB
▪ flourish , grow
TOWN + NOUN
▪ centre ( BrE )
▪ hall , square , walls
▪ council
▪ meeting
▪ life
▪ planning
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
They'll be back in ~ tomorrow.
▪ out of ~
▪
I was out of ~ last week.
▪
an out-of-town superstore
▪ outside (the) ~
▪
a lake just outside the ~
PHRASES
▪ the centre/center of (the) ~ , the middle of (the) ~
▪ the edge of (the) ~ , the outskirts of (the) ~
▪ from town to town
▪
I spent years moving from town to town.
2 main part of a town, with the shops/stores, etc.
VERB + TOWN
▪ go into , hit ( informal )
▪
I'm going into town—can I get you anything?
▪
Millie hit the ~, looking for excitement.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
Dad's in ~ shopping.