downtown

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.

   • John walked every day to his downtown job.
   • “Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.
   • The famed Farmers & Crafts Market on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces is a lively gathering of regional farmers, bakers, makers, jewelers, artists, food trucks and street musicians.
2. 2

   In or towards the central business district.

   • You need to go downtown four blocks.
   • A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
   • When you're alone and life is making you lonely / You can always go downtown
3. 3

   Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.

   • That shot came from way downtown!
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   1. 4

      The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.

   2. 5

      The human genitalia.

   3. 6

      Heroin.

The neighborhood

• neighborold town
• neighboruptown