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. 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 particular Hustle Kingdom was on the second floor of a low-rise building.

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On 3rd October last year, as Khalil al-Hayya walked into the venue for our meeting in a modest, low-rise villa, I was surprised that he had so little security.

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The missile ripped through the middle of the low-rise block of flats; the five floors had totally collapsed where it hit.

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Could its low-rise form become a testing ground for neighborhood-scale energy networks?

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He was resting after his shift guarding the entrance to the low-rise compound where President Park Chung-hee entertained his most trusted lieutenants.

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