ghost town
noun
a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out.
Origin of ghost town
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby ghost town
ghost moth,
ghost net,
ghost prisoner,
ghost shrimp,
ghost story,
ghost town,
ghost word,
ghost writer,
ghost-weed,
ghostfish,
ghosting
Example sentences from the Web for ghost town
The sun will set in less than an hour and a hubbub will emerge from the ghost-town houses and farms.
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British Dictionary definitions for ghost town
ghost town
noun
a deserted town, esp one in the western US that was formerly a boom town
Cultural definitions for ghost town
ghost town
A town, especially a boomtown in the old American West, that has been completely abandoned and deserted: “If you drive through the desert, you can still see the main street of Dry Gulch, a ghost town.”
Idioms and Phrases with ghost town
ghost town
A once thriving town that has been completely abandoned, as in Many of the old mining communities are ghost towns now. This idiom implies that there are no living people left in town. [First half of 1900s]