village

4 definitions • 8 examples

a group of houses and other buildings that is smaller than a town, usually in the countryside:

a fishing village

a mountain village

a village shop

a village green (= an area of grass in the middle of a village)

Many people come from the outlying/surrounding villages to work in the town.

all the people who live in a village:

The village is/are campaigning for a by-pass to be built.

a group of houses, stores, and other buildings which is smaller than a town:

We live just outside the village of Larchmont.

A village is also the people who live in a village:

The whole village came out for the parade.