ghost town
A town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially…A town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially one that still has substantial visible remains.
» It was a ghost town during the war.
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2 sensesA town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially one that still has substantial visible remains.
Geisterstadt, Geisterdorf, Geistersiedlung
го́род-при́зракgórod-prízrak, забро́шенный го́родzabróšennyj górod, исче́знувший го́родisčéznuvšij górod
мі́сто-при́видmísto-prývyd
(figuratively)Anything that has been deserted or abandoned, or has been empty all along.
- a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)
Examples
14 sentencesIt was a ghost town during the war.
The place started to look like a ghost town.
It was incredible to sit in a ghost town.
It was incredible to spend the night in a ghost town.
It's a ghost town.
ruЭто город-призрак. — marafon
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Forms
plural: ghost towns| Singular | ghost town |
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