town house

or townhouse

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noun
  1. a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.

  2. a luxurious house in a large city, occupied entirely by one family.

  1. one of a row of houses joined by common sidewalls.

Origin of town house

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First recorded in 1520–30

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How to use town house in a sentence

  • The duke himself, who watched the execution from a window of the townhouse, wiped his eyes as his victim died.

  • They caught the boys and dragged them into the townhouse, and sent word to all the people of the settlement to come to the feast.

    Myths of the Cherokee | James Mooney
  • So they sent messengers for them, and the boys came and sat down in the middle of the townhouse and began to sing.

    Myths of the Cherokee | James Mooney
  • When Kana′tĭ reached the settlement of the Wolf people, they were holding a council in the townhouse.

    Myths of the Cherokee | James Mooney
  • They began a dance—some say it was the Feather dance—and went round and round the townhouse, praying to the spirits to help them.

    Myths of the Cherokee | James Mooney

British Dictionary definitions for town house

town house

noun
  1. a terraced house in an urban area, esp a fashionable one, often having the main living room on the first floor with an integral garage on the ground floor

  2. a person's town residence as distinct from his country residence

  1. another name (now chiefly Scot) for town hall

  2. Also called: row house, (chiefly Brit) terraced house US and Canadian a house that is part of a terrace

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