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GHOST TOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ghost town mean?
• GHOST TOWN (noun)
The noun GHOST TOWN has 1 sense:
1. a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)
Familiarity information: GHOST TOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deserted settlement (especially in western United States)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("ghost town" is a kind of...):
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Domain region:
West; western United States (the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River)
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