1. (n.)town a thickly populated area, usu. smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
2. town a densely populated area of considerable size, as a city or borough.
3. town (esp. in New England) a municipal corporation with less elaborate organization and powers than a city.
4. town (in most U.S. states except those of New England) a township.
5. town the inhabitants of a town; townspeople; citizenry.
6. town the particulartown or city in mind or referred to: to be out of town.
1. (noun)town an area people live together in, that is smaller than a city an industrial town; my home town in Kansas
2. town the centralarea of a town We want to buy a house right in town.; We're going into town to do some Christmas shopping.
3. town go to town to put a lot of effort into doing sth They really went to town, planning this reunion.
Definition of 'Town'
Webster Dictionary
1. Town formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls
2. Town any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop
3. Town any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities
4. Town 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
5. Town a township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country
6. Town the court end of London;-- commonly with the
7. Town the metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country
8. Town a farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard
Sense: a group of houses, shops, schools etc, that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city I'm going into town to buy a dress; He's in town doing some shopping.