town house
or townhouse
a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
a luxurious house in a large city, occupied entirely by one family.
one of a row of houses joined by common sidewalls.
Origin of town house
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How to use town house in a sentence
Apparently she had heard the commotion and made her way down from the third floor of the four-story townhouse.
It was filmed in the real $50,000-a-month Tribeca townhouse that Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, rented back in 2011.
One mum, who lives in a £5m townhouse in Chelsea told me the following tale about her English nanny.
Kate Hired a Spanish Nanny And Who Can Blame Her? English Nannies Suck | Tom Sykes | March 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe young lawyer was returning to her townhouse near Regents Park with her boyfriend when she was accosted soon after dark.
Thief Holds Tony Blair’s Daughter At Gunpoint Demanding Jewels and Cash | Nico Hines | September 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDorner appears to have broken into the townhouse, near Route 38, after police found his car.
The duke himself, who watched the execution from a window of the townhouse, wiped his eyes as his victim died.
The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete | Friedrich SchillerThey 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 MooneySo 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 MooneyWhen Kana′tĭ reached the settlement of the Wolf people, they were holding a council in the townhouse.
Myths of the Cherokee | James MooneyThey 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
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
a person's town residence as distinct from his country residence
another name (now chiefly Scot) for town hall
Also called: row house, (chiefly Brit) terraced house US and Canadian a house that is part of a terrace
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