row house
Americannoun
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one of a row of houses having uniform, or nearly uniform, plans and fenestration and usually having a uniform architectural treatment, as in certain housing developments.
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a house having at least one side wall in common with a neighboring dwelling.
noun
Etymology
Origin of row house
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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In Philadelphia—where kids are down 6%—Nija Rivera, 39, grew up working class in a row house with her siblings, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
More somber is the 1964 scene in “Philadelphia,” of a row house door whose window displays a portrait of John F. Kennedy, assassinated just a year before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
We come to a row house with a garden filled with leafy plants growing up trellises and flowerpots on each of the steps.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025
She was two weeks from leaving her marketing job of 17 years and about to move out of her Philadelphia row house.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023
We could trade our skinny row house for someplace in the suburbs with plenty of bathrooms, a home office, and a big garage.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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