village 
vil·lage (vil′ij)
noun
- a group of houses in the country, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a city or town
- such a community incorporated as a municipality
- the people of a village, collectively; villagers
- a group or cluster of the habitations of animals or birds
Etymology: OFr < L villaticus, belonging to a country house < villa, country house, farm: see villa
adjective
of, in, for, or characteristic of a village
Preposition: on
- outskirt: The proposed site would cover acres of green belt land close to Girton, a village on the northern outskirts of Cambridge.
Adjective modifier
- picturesque: It really was not in keeping with the old-fashioned style of the picturesque village.
- charming: The cottage is located in a quiet road in this charming village - close to the center.
- nearby: In the nearby village, the ruins of the 16 th Century Earl's Palace is a reminder of the more recent past.
- pretty: The sight of the castle on its rocky outcrop, 180 feet above the pretty village is simply unforgettable.
- tiny: This was a very tiny village just outside of San Salvador.
- quaint: The region is largely unspoiled, lying amid stunning countryside and coastal scenery, and made up of farmhouses and quaint villages.
Converse of object
- surround: The local vicar is ferried by helicopter to conduct Easter Sunday services in surrounding villages.
- neighbor: Before that was originally in the neighboring village of Abinger Hammer.
- situate: Samlesbury A small and very pleasant village situated on the boro's north eastern border with the Ribble Valley.
Modifies a noun
- hall: The latter had a village hall where a dance was held a couple of times a week.
- green: Burnham Market has an attractive range of unusual shops gathered around its village green.
- fete: Do you snicker at the image of massed corn dollies at a village fete?
- pub: At the village pub, the mood of mockery is exaggerated.
- inn: You may like to try the local trout in a village inn on the way.
Preposition: of
- nevunghavn: Village of nevunghavn a week of hp individually controlled.
Noun used with modifier
- fishing: Old black house at Peterhead where fish is smoked Open Some old fishing villages don't catch much fish now.
- seaside: Gorran Haven is a quiet seaside village very popular with those seeking a relaxing peaceful holiday.
- mining: They lived in Shelton Street in Wilnecote, then a small mining village on Watling Street near Tamworth.
- mountain: Following the success last year, it will take place again in the tiny mountain village of Peyresq, in the Alps.
Art is History's nostalgia, it prefers a thatched roof to a concrete factory, and the huge church above a bleached village.
The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed Ayouth, who bore,'mid snow and ice, A banner with a strange device, Excelsior!
It was manifest to me that there was something in the Roman Catholic religion which made the priests very dear to the people; for I doubt whether in any village in England, had such an accident happened to the rector, all the people would have roused themselves at midnight to wreak their vengeance on the assailant.
Black village of gravestones.
She came to the village church, And sat by a pillar alone; An angel watching an urn Wept over her, carved in stone.
And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din, And fast from every village round the horse came spurring in.
Manchester, one of the greatest, if not really the greatest mere village in England.
I was set down from the carrier's cart at the age of three; and there with a sense of bewilderment and terror my life in the village began.
Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain, Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain.
He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well thoughöand loathed him.
This will be the place for aVillage.
She said he was a village explainer, excellent if you were a village, but if you were not, not.
Dost thou look back on what hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began And on a simple village green; Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star.
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Village cricket spread fast through the land.In those days, before it became scientific, cricket was the best game in the world to watchöeach ball a potential crisis.
Thenewelectronic independencerecreatestheworld in the image of a global village.
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