model town
noun1
A town built to a high standard and intended as a model for others to imitate.
- 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.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 385, about Tremadog:
2
A miniature model of a town, possibly a scale model of a real town.
- Related terms
- model village