noun
- Public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops.
- usage: "the local seemed to take forever to get to New York"
- Anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body.
adjective
- Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
- usage: "local taxes"; "local authorities"
- Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood.
- usage: "local customs"; "local schools"; "the local citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of flu"; "a local bus line"
- Affecting only a restricted part or area of the body.
- usage: "local anesthesia"
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