- ghost town
- noun Date: 1931 a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
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Ghost Town — ist: englische Bezeichnung für eine Geisterstadt Film: Originaltitel von Wen die Geister lieben Originaltitel von Die Rache der Cheyenne, ein Western mit Kent Taylow von 1956 Ghost Town (1936), ein Western von Harry L. Fraser Ghost Town (1988),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
ghost town — ghost towns N COUNT A ghost town is a town which used to be busy and wealthy but is now poor and deserted. Mogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town, deserted by two thirds of its residents … English dictionary
ghost town — A ghost town is a town that has been abandoned or is in decline and has very little activity … The small dictionary of idiomes
ghost town — n a town that used to have a lot of people living and working in it, but now has very few or none … Dictionary of contemporary English
ghost town — ghost ,town noun count a town where most people have left … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ghost town — ghost′ town n. a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out • Etymology: 1870–75 … From formal English to slang
ghost town — ► NOUN ▪ a town with few or no remaining inhabitants … English terms dictionary
ghost town — ☆ ghost town n. the remains of a deserted town, permanently abandoned esp. for economic reasons … English World dictionary
Ghost town — A ghost town is a town or city that has been abandoned, usually because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human caused disasters such as flood or war. The term is sometimes used in a depreciative sense to… … Wikipedia
Ghost Town — Infobox Single Name = Ghost Town Cover size = Caption = UK single cover of Ghost Town Artist = The Specials from Album = A side = B side = Why? ; Friday Night, Saturday Morning Released = 20 June 1981 Format = Recorded = Woodbine Studios Genre =… … Wikipedia
ghost town — noun a deserted settlement (especially in western United States) • Regions: ↑West, ↑western United States • Hypernyms: ↑town * * * noun : an abandoned town or village that is at least in part still standing * * * a town permanently abandoned by… … Useful english dictionary
