small town
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1.5
- noun
- /smɔl taʊn/
- That's what's great about a small town.
- live in a small town
- small-town life
- small-town community
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Watch on YouTubeIt built Norris, which is a small town in Tennessee.
- It built Norris, which is a small town in Tennessee.
- I was back to a small town, you know, days away.
- And that's going to be in a small town of Wyoming, IL.
- So this leaves a small town of Ulalai.
- Christa grew up in a small town in Oklahoma.
- Like I said, it's a very, very small town, very close knit.
- Oh well, I grew up in a small town in northern Alberta.
- Take an inscription from Minturnai, a small town on the West Coast of Italy.
- I come from a small town named Ridge Grove, California.
- She's had her boyfriends go off to a small town and dump her.
- Because this is a small town and that gets around.
Examples
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Christa grew up in a small town in Oklahoma.
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I come from a small town named Ridge Grove, California.
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It's kind of a small town in North Africa.
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Two school going friends in a small town had a crazy idea.
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I mean, especially if you live in a small town, like people talk.
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We were raised in a very small town.
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I'm just a girl from a very small town in Indiana.
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And they came back home to a small town in Pennsylvania called Milton, PA.
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I grew up in a small town called Rome, GA.
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She moved to a small town where everyone knows each other.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small group of houses in the countryside where people live and form a community
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5.0
A very small group of houses in the countryside
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3.2
A small community outside a city where people live
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7.9
A small town, not a big city
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5.8
A small town often used in French place names
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6.0
A small town with few shops and little to do
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9.9
A small, boring town far from big cities
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7.3
A small town where people raise and sell cows
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3.1
A town that regularly holds a public market
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'a community smaller than a typical town' is directly and transparently constructed from 'small' (limited in size) plus 'town' (a settlement). This adjective+noun composition follows a common compositional pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Small town comes from the simple picture of a small place with one main town street, a few shops and where most people know each other. So, it means a 'community' that is smaller and less busy than a city.