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GHOST TOWN
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I. (noun)
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)