downtown

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/
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/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ · [ˈdaʊ̯nˌtʰaʊ̯n] · /ˈdæʊ̯nˌtæʊ̯n/ · [ˈdæʊ̯nˌtʰæʊ̯n] · /ˈdaːnˌtaːn/ · [ˈdaːnˌtʰaːn]

Definition of downtown

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable, usually)Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
    “John walked every day to his downtown job.”
    ““Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.”
    “The famed Farmers & Crafts Market on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces is a lively gathering of regional farmers, bakers, makers, jewelers, artists, food trucks and street musicians.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable, usually)Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
    “John walked every day to his downtown job.”
    ““Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.”
    “The famed Farmers & Crafts Market on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces is a lively gathering of regional farmers, bakers, makers, jewelers, artists, food trucks and street musicians.”

adv

  1. (not-comparable, usually)In or towards the central business district.
    “You need to go downtown four blocks.”
    “A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.”
    “When you're alone and life is making you lonely / You can always go downtown”
  2. (not-comparable, usually)Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
    “That shot came from way downtown!”

noun

  1. (Canada, US)The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
  2. (US, slang)The human genitalia.
  3. (slang)Heroin.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From down + town.

Hooks

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