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local   (TTS Sound)

The noun local has 2 senses

• local -- (public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops; "the local seemed to take forever to get to New York")


• local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, local, topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic -- (anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body)

The adj local has 3 senses

• local -- (relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area; "local taxes"; "local authorities")


• local -- (of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood; "local customs"; "local schools"; "the local citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of flu"; "a local bus line")


• local -- (affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia")