small-town adjective 1small town noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Pertaining to a small town; provincial.He was brought up in the 350s and 360s in small-town North Africa. — 2009 small town noun1 •A small (generally rural) town.I went to heaven,– / ’T was a small town, / Lit with a ruby, / Lathed with down. — 1887 formssmall towns