town

noun11

1. •
   a place with homes, stores and its own government, in size between a village and a city

   • This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.
2. •
   Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.

   • Call me when you get to town.
   • They put up "lost dog" posters all over town.
3. •
   A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.

   • There's always a business theme, even underlying happy hours. You're never off the clock in this town. — 2014
4. •
   (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
5. •
   Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.

   • I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.
6. •
   The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
7. •
   A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
8. •
   (informal) A townhouse.

   • Detached houses always sell faster than towns or semis. — 2002
9. •
   An interconnected maze of tunnels in which prairie dogs live.
10. •
    (no longer used) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain.
11. •
    (dialect, no longer used) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

noun1

1. •
   (Philippines, informal) Ellipsis of Alabang Town Center: a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines.