town councillor noun

town crier noun (historical)

An official who makes public proclamations in a town

town dweller noun

town end noun

The end of the main street

town (or towns) gas noun

Usu a mixture of coal gas and carburetted water gas, made and supplied for domestic or industrial use (now largely superseded by natural gas)

town hall noun

1. A building for the official business of a town, usu with public rooms
2. A townhouse

townˈhouse noun (chiefly Scot)

A town hall

town house noun

1. A house in town belonging to the owner of another in the country
2. A fashionable, usu terraced urban house, esp typically with a garage on the ground floor and living room above

townˈland noun (chiefly historical)

1. The land forming a manor
2. (in Ireland) a sub-parochial land division, or a township
3. (in Scotland) the enclosure round a farm

town meeting noun

(in New England) a meeting of the voters of a town, esp to transact public business

town planner noun

town planning noun

The deliberate designing of the building and growth of towns to avoid haphazard and speculative building

town'sˈ-bairn noun (Scot)

A native of a town, esp one's own

townˈscape noun

1. A portion of a town which the eye can view at once
2. A picture of it
3. The design or building of all or part of a town

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To design or build a town or part of a town

townˈscaping noun

townsˈfolk plural noun

The people of a town

townˈskip noun (Dickens)

A city urchin

townsˈman or townsˈwoman noun

An inhabitant or fellow inhabitant of a town

townsˈpeople plural noun

Townsfolk

town talk noun

1. The general talk of a town
2. The subject of common conversation

go to town (informal)

To act, behave or perform enthusiastically, with thoroughness, without restraint

on the town

Out to amuse oneself in town

take to town (slang)

To mystify, bewilder

town and gown

The general community of a place and the members of its university respectively