| slovo | definícia |
town
(mass) | town
- mesto |
town
(encz) | town,město |
Town
(gcide) | Town \Town\ (toun), n. [OE. toun, tun, AS. tun inclosure, fence,
village, town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge,
fence, OHG. zun, Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house,
Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din. Cf. Down, adv. & prep.,
Dune, tine to inclose.]
1. Formerly:
(a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or
dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.]
(b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
[Obs.]
(c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
[Obs.] --Palsgrave.
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2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a
regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a
bishop. [Eng.] --Johnson.
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3. Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not
incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely
populated place, whether incorporated or not, in
distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
--Cowper.
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4. The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town
voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the
town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
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5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits,
less than those of a country. [U. S.]
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6. The court end of London; -- commonly with the.
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7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the
gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
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Always hankering after the diversions of the town.
--Addison.
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Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. --Pope.
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Note: The same form of expressions is used in regard to other
populous towns.
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8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
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Note: Town is often used adjectively or in combination with
other words; as, town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier,
or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall;
townhouse, town house, or town-house.
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Syn: Village; hamlet. See Village.
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Town clerk, an office who keeps the records of a town, and
enters its official proceedings. See Clerk.
Town cress (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. --Dr.
Prior.
Town house.
(a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the
country.
(b) See Townhouse.
Town meeting, a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town
entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness.
[U. S.]
Town talk, the common talk of a place; the subject or topic
of common conversation.
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town
(wn) | town
n 1: an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a
city; "they drive through town on their way to work"
2: the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the
whole town cheered the team" [syn: town, townspeople,
townsfolk]
3: an administrative division of a county; "the town is
responsible for snow removal" [syn: township, town]
4: United States architect who was noted for his design and
construction of truss bridges (1784-1844) [syn: Town,
Ithiel Town] |
TOWN
(bouvier) | TOWN. This word is used differently in different parts of the United States.
In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village
or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a
county, called in other places a township.
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home town
(mass) | home town
- rodisko |
jointowner
(mass) | joint-owner
- spolumajiteľ |
partowner
(mass) | part-owner
- spoluvlastník |
town
(mass) | town
- mesto |
town hall
(mass) | town hall
- radnica |
townhall
(mass) | town-hall
- radnica |
allentown
(encz) | Allentown,město - Spojené státy americké n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
bridgetown
(encz) | Bridgetown,hl.m. - Barbados n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
cabbagetown
(encz) | Cabbagetown,část Toronta n: Zdeněk Brož |
cape town
(encz) | Cape Town,Kapské Město n: [jmén.] [zem.] město v Jihoafrické
republice Jiří Šmoldas |
charlottetown
(encz) | Charlottetown,město - Kanada n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
chinatown
(encz) | Chinatown, |
cooperstown
(encz) | Cooperstown, |
county town
(encz) | county town, n: |
cowtown
(encz) | Cowtown,Calgary Zdeněk Brož |
cross-town
(encz) | cross-town,vedoucí napříč městem Zdeněk Brož |
crosstown
(encz) | crosstown,napříč městem Zdeněk Brož |
do the town
(encz) | do the town, |
dogtown
(encz) | Dogtown, |
down town
(encz) | down town, n: |
downtown
(encz) | downtown,centrum n: Zdeněk Broždowntown,v centru adv: Zdeněk Brož |
freetown
(encz) | Freetown,hl.m. - Sierra Leone n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
georgetown
(encz) | Georgetown,hl.m. - Guyana n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladGeorgetown,okres v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
germantown
(encz) | Germantown, |
get out of town
(encz) | get out of town, |
ghost town
(encz) | ghost town,město duchů opuštěné, neobydlené město web |
go out on the town
(encz) | go out on the town,roztočit to [fráz.] jít slavit ap. Pinogo out on the town,vyhodit si z kopýtka [fráz.] Pino |
go to town on something
(encz) | go to town on something,vrhnout se na něco [fráz.] se zanícením Pino |
going to town
(encz) | going to town, |
hagerstown
(encz) | Hagerstown, |
hit town
(encz) | hit town, |
home town
(encz) | home town,domovské město Zdeněk Brožhome town,rodiště Zdeněk Brožhome town,rodné město Zdeněk Brož |
hometown
(encz) | hometown,rodné město Zdeněk Brož |
jamestown
(encz) | Jamestown,město - Svatá Helena n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
johnstown
(encz) | Johnstown, |
kingstown
(encz) | Kingstown,hl.m. - Svatý Vincent n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
lesser town of prague
(encz) | Lesser Town of Prague,Malá Strana |
man-about-town
(encz) | man-about-town, n: |
market town
(encz) | market town, n: |
middletown
(encz) | Middletown, |
midtown
(encz) | midtown,centrum města n: Zdeněk Brož |
morristown
(encz) | Morristown, |
motown
(encz) | Motown, |
new town
(encz) | new town, n: |
new town of prague
(encz) | New Town of Prague,Nové Město |
norristown
(encz) | Norristown, |
oasis town
(encz) | oasis town,město v oáze luni |
old town
(encz) | Old Town,staroměstský adj: |
old town of prague
(encz) | Old Town of Prague,Staré Město |
out on the town
(encz) | out on the town, |
out-of-town
(encz) | out-of-town,venkovský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
paint the town red
(encz) | paint the town red,roztočit to [fráz.] Zdeněk Brožpaint the town red,vyhodit si z kopýtka [fráz.] Zdeněk Brož |
run out of town
(encz) | run out of town, |
seaside town
(encz) | seaside town,přímořské letovisko Pavel Cvrček |
shantytown
(encz) | shantytown, |
shire town
(encz) | shire town, n: |
skip town
(encz) | skip town, v: |
small town
(encz) | small town,maloměsto n: Zdeněk Brožsmall town,městečko |
small-town
(encz) | small-town,maloměsto n: Zdeněk Brož |
smithtown
(encz) | Smithtown, |
talk of the town
(encz) | talk of the town, n: |
tarrytown
(encz) | Tarrytown, |
the talk of the town
(encz) | the talk of the town, |
tinseltown
(encz) | Tinseltown, |
town
(encz) | town,město |
town clerk
(encz) | town clerk,městský písař Zdeněk Brož |
town council
(encz) | town council,magistrát v: Zdeněk Brož |
town crier
(encz) | town crier,městský vyvolavač Zdeněk Brož |
town gas
(encz) | town gas, n: |
town hall
(encz) | town hall,radnice n: luno |
town house
(encz) | town house,městský dům Zdeněk Brožtown house,řadový dům Zdeněk Brož |
town meeting
(encz) | town meeting,schůze obecní rady Zdeněk Brož |
town planner
(encz) | town planner,urbanista Zdeněk Brož |
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