Village - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a settlement smaller than a town (syn: hamlet)
- a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century
Extra examples
Entire villages come to see the parade.
...we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village...
The whole village was engulfed in the flood.
The whole village was early astir.
The village is astir with sea-faring men.
The whole village commiserated with the farmer's family in their sorrow.
The bomb blast destroyed the village.
There is much besides fishing to recommend a trip to this sleepy fishing village ...
...the village kept a magazine where people left common supplies...
The people in the village still observe the ancient customs of their ancestors.
...it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing...
We strolled the streets of the village.
...cloaked in the early-morning brume, the village did indeed look like some long-lost Brigadoon...
...camouflaged the military camp as a native village...
...at candlelight carolers would gather in the village green before beginning their stroll...
Word forms
singular: village
plural: villages
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