low-rise

American  

[loh-rahyz] / ˈloʊˌraɪz /

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.

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noun

1. a low-rise building.

low-rise British  

adjective

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

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noun

1. such a building

Etymology

Origin of low-rise

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

Example Sentences

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low-rise

Levi’s is seeing its low-rise jeans “just grow disproportionately within the business.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

After laying their family members to rest, the brothers went to live with their father in a modest, work-class neighbourhood of low-rise houses in the north-eastern outskirts of Cali, Colombia.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

PHOENIX—All around this desert city’s sprawling metro area, low-rise office parks with tinted windows and vast parking lots stretch to the horizon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

It is flanked by low-rise apartment buildings and retail spaces typical of the Bowery neighborhood.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

If I angled myself a certain way, I could trace the coastline and glimpse a narrow seam of the South Side with its low-rise rooftops and intermittent stands of trees.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama