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new towns

new towns is the plural of new town.

Meaning of new town

Noun

new town (plural new towns)

  1. A planned community or urban development area.
    • The government's New Towns Taskforce has also published a report listing Crews Hill, on the Hertford Loop used by Moorgate services, on a shortlist of 12 potential new towns.2025 October 15, David Stubbings, “News: TfL submits business case to DfT for transfer of Northern City Line services”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 11
  2. (UK) A town built to address housing shortages after World War II.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see new, town.

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Questions about new towns

What is new towns the plural of?
New towns is the plural of new town.

Words near new towns in the dictionary

  1. New Thoughters
  2. New Thoughtism
  3. New Thoughtist
  4. New Thoughtists
  5. new town
  6. new towns
  7. New Tredegar
  8. New Trier
  9. New Ulm
  10. new up
  11. New Urbanism

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