town
Because it is a word with a single syllable, town is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oftown
- 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.
Example: "This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns."
- Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
Example: "I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight."
- A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
- The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
- Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
Example: "Call me when you get to town."
- A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
- A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
- An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
- The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
- A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
- A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
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