ghost town

noun

a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)

• Regions: ↑West, ↑western United States

• Hypernyms: ↑town

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noun

: an abandoned town or village that is at least in part still standing

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a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out.

[1870-75]

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ghost town noun

One which once flourished owing to some natural resource in the vicinity but which is now deserted since the natural resource has been exhausted

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Main Entry: ↑ghost

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ghost town UK US noun [countable] [singular ghost town plural ghost towns]

a town where most people have left

Thesaurus: towns, cities and villages_hyponym

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ghost town,

a once-flourishing town that has become empty and lifeless: »

Then something went wrong, a lot of money was lost, and the place turned into a ghost town (New Yorker).

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n. a deserted town with few or no remaining inhabitants

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noun, pl ⋯ towns [count]

: a town that no longer has any people living in it : an abandoned town

After all the gold was mined, the place became a ghost town.

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ˈghost town [ghost town ghost towns] noun

a town that used to be busy and have a lot of people living in it, but is now empty