model town

English

Noun

model town (plural model towns)

  1. A town built to a high standard and intended as a model for others to imitate.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 385, about Tremadog:
      Madocks built his model town on land partly reclaimed from the sea, and was justifiably proud of the fact that it stood well below what was still the official high-water mark. Until then, the surrounding area was largely marshland.
  2. A miniature model of a town, possibly a scale model of a real town.
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