noun A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.
noun 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.
noun A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
noun The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
noun Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
Call me when you get to town.
noun A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
noun An interconnected maze of tunnels in which prairie dogs live.