ADJ
- big, large, major
- little, small
- nearby, neighbouring, surrounding
- ancient, historic, medieval, old
- new
- It was built as a new town in the 1960s
- industrial
- busy
- a busy market town
- boom, thriving
- London was a boom town and the stock market was soaring. a thriving holiday town
- sleepy
- a sleepy provincial town in southern France
- country, provincial
- county
- Beverley was then the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire (= the main town where the county offices were)
- home, native
- She has gone back to live in her home town
- border
- coastal, seaside
- holiday, resort
- cathedral, market, university
- dormitory, satellite
- fortified
- Kitzbuhel is an ancient fortified town with fine medieval buildings
- shanty
- ghost
- It's been a ghost town since the gold rush ended
- twin
- Darlington's twin town of Amiens
VERB + TOWN
- build, found
- live in
- How many people live in the town?
- get out of, leave, move out of
- He left town yesterday for a conference in York. They wanted to move out of town and start a new life in the country
TOWN + NOUN
- hall, square, walls
- council
- life
- planning
PREP
- in ~
- They'll be back in town tomorrow
- out of ~
- I was out of town last week. an out-of-town superstore
- outside (the) ~
- a lake just outside the town
PHRASES
- the centre/middle of (the) town, the edge/outskirts of (the) town
VERB + TOWN
- go into
- I'm going into town?can I get you anything?
PREP
- in ~
- Mum's in town doing some shopping
