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TOWNSHIP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An administrative division of a county

Example:

the town is responsible for snow removal

Synonyms:

town; township

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("township" is a kind of...):

administrative district; administrative division; territorial division (a district defined for administrative purposes)

Derivation:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

town (an administrative division of a county)

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