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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a town where most people have left
Thesaurus: towns, cities and villageshyponym
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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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a town that used to be busy and have a lot of people living in it, but is now empty
Useful english dictionary. 2012.