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BOOM TOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boom town mean?
• BOOM TOWN (noun)
The noun BOOM TOWN has 1 sense:
1. a town enjoying sudden prosperity
Familiarity information: BOOM TOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town enjoying sudden prosperity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("boom town" is a kind of...):
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
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