row house

American  

[roh] / roʊ /

noun

1. 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.

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

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row house British  

/ rəʊ /

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): terraced house.  a house that is part of a terrace

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Etymology

Origin of row house

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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

Our first suggestion is to allow vertical stacking of row house and town house dwellings.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

John comes down the steps of a row house by the railway station.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin