town

a compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

town

3 Phonemes

t ow n

onset, rime

t own

Morpheme

town

Sentence Examples

The nearest shopping mall is two towns away.

We're heading to town later on.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

city

metropolis

municipality

township

boondocks

borough

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

new town

Our Town

Bean Town

boom town

home town

town hall

twin town

county town

ghost town

Neighborhood

Rhymes

brown

down

noun

Onset Friends

to

time

too

think

things

two

take

tell

thought

False Friends

blown

flown

grown

known

own

shown

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