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row house

[ roh ]
/ roʊ /

noun

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.
a house having at least one side wall in common with a neighboring dwelling.

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Nearby words

  1. roving commission,
  2. rovingly,
  3. rovno,
  4. rovuma,
  5. row,
  6. row over,
  7. row vector,
  8. row-house,
  9. rowan,
  10. rowboat

Origin of row house

First recorded in 1935–40
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British Dictionary definitions for row house

row house

/ (rəʊ) /

noun

US and Canadian a house that is part of a terraceAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): terraced house
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