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model town

model town noun: a town built to a high standard and intended as a model for others to imitate.

Noun

model town (plural model towns)

  1. A town built to a high standard and intended as a model for others to imitate.
    • Madocks built his model town on land partly reclaimed from the sea, and was justifiably proud of the fact that it stood well below what was still the official high-water mark. Until then, the surrounding area was largely marshland.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 385, about Tremadog
  2. A miniature model of a town, possibly a scale model of a real town.

Forms of model town

pluralmodel towns

Questions about model town

What does model town mean?
Model town means a town built to a high standard and intended as a model for others to imitate.
What part of speech is model town?
Model town is a noun.
What is the plural of model town?
The plural of model town is model towns.

Words near model town in the dictionary

  1. model shops
  2. model solution
  3. model solutions
  4. Model T
  5. model theory
  6. model town
  7. model towns
  8. model village
  9. model villages
  10. model-based design
  11. model-based designs

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