township
/ˈtaʊnʃɪp/
noun
The territory of a town.
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Noun 4 meanings
The territory of a town.
A subdivision of a county.
An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English towneship, townschip, tounshipe, tunscipe, from Old English tūnsċipe (“the inhabitants of a town; township”), equivalent to town + -ship.
TOWNSHIP at a glance
TOWNSHIP has 8 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + W 4 + N 1 + S 1 + H 4 + I 1 + P 3) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,289 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with township
All rhymes- RELATIONSHIP17
- SHIP9
- LEADERSHIP16
- CHAMPIONSHIP26
- PARTNERSHIP18
- MEMBERSHIP21
- OWNERSHIP17
- FRIENDSHIP19
- CHIP11
- WORSHIP15
- SCHOLARSHIP21
- CITIZENSHIP27
One letter away
- TOWNSKIP17
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