town
[ toun ]
/ taʊn /
noun
adjective
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or belonging to a town: town laws; town government; town constable.
Idioms for town
Origin of town
before 900; Middle English
toun, tun, Old English
tūn walled or fenced place, courtyard, farmstead, village; cognate with Old Norse
tūn homefield, German
Zaun fence, Old Irish
dún fort
synonym study for town
1. See
community.
OTHER WORDS FROM town
town·less, adjective in·ter·town, adjectiveWords nearby town
towie,
towing path,
towkay,
towline,
towmond,
town,
town and gown,
town car,
town clerk,
town crier,
town gas
British Dictionary definitions for go to town
town
/ (taʊn) /
noun
Derived forms of town
townish, adjective townless, adjectiveWord Origin for town
Old English
tūn village; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse
tūn, Old High German
zūn fence, Old Irish
dūn
Idioms and Phrases with go to town (1 of 2)
go to town
Also, go to town on.
Do something efficiently and energetically. For example, She really went to town, not only developing and printing the film but making both mat and frame. [Early 1900s]
Act without restraint, overindulge, as in He went to town on the hors d'oeuvres, finishing nearly all of them. [Early 1900s]
Be successful, as in After months of hard work, their business is really going to town. [Mid-1900s]
Idioms and Phrases with go to town (2 of 2)
town