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terraced house

British  

noun

  1. US and Canadian names: row house.   town house.  a house that is part of a terrace

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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  • terraced housing noun

Example Sentences

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Our home was a compact, two-story terraced house with a back garden and a little lean-to greenhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

"It was nothing back in the day, just a normal house like a terraced house with a couple of lights up," she said.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

The Met Police and London Fire Brigade were called to reports of a blast with a person trapped inside a terraced house on Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, just before 05:00 BST.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

In April, with the help of a small inheritance and their Lifetime ISAs, the couple completed on a £360,000 two-bedroomed terraced house near Slough.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

He remembered no intervening time, no sore feet—but here he was, addressing in the politest terms an old lady who stood in the doorway of a flat-fronted terraced house.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan