boomtown

See also: boom town

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

boom +‎ town

Noun

boomtown (plural boomtowns)

  1. A town that experienced (or is experiencing) a period of rapid growth due to some temporary activity.
    The mining boomtown she remembered, was now a ghost town.

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