Meaning Of The Word Ghost town

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ghost town
countable noun: A ghost town is a town which used to be busy and wealthy but is now poor and deserted.

ghost town in American English
the remains of a deserted town, permanently abandoned esp. for economic reasons
noun: a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out

ghost town in British English
noun: a deserted town, esp one in the western US that was formerly a boom town

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