low-rise

[ loh-rahyz ]

adjective

1. having a comparatively small number of floors, as a motel or townhouse, and usually no elevator.
2. (of pants) having a waistline placed at or just below the hips:

   low-rise jeans.

noun

1. a low-rise building.

low-rise

adjective

1. See high-rise
   of or relating to a building having only a few storeys Compare high-rise

noun

1. such a building

Word History and Origins

Origin of low-rise¹

First recorded in 1955–60; on the model of high-rise ( def )

Example Sentences

This is one of those incredibly hip places that looks like a low-rise apartment building.

From The Daily Beast

At the foot of the lone tree hill they came again side by side, and so mounted the next low rise of ground.

From Project Gutenberg

The party of Indians were on a low rise several miles distant as we came out of the shelter of the high plateau.

From Project Gutenberg

I checked him to a sharp trot until we had passed the first low rise of rolling land which hid my movements from the city.

From Project Gutenberg

Carrie watched him from the homestead until at last he sank behind the crest of a low rise.

From Project Gutenberg

Carrie looked out into the soft moonlight, and saw a mounted figure cut against the sky on the crest of a low rise.

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