Meaning & use
town
A populated area with houses and buildings, larger than a village but smaller than a city.
See it in a sentence
They moved from the busy city to a quiet town near the coast.
The whole town gathered in the square for the annual summer festival.
A note on using this word
Town has no fixed population size; the line between 'town' and 'city' varies by country and is sometimes just a local designation.
Words with a similar meaning
municipalityvillage
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Words with an opposite meaning
citycountryside
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