town house

Or townhouse

noun

1. a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.

2. a luxurious house in a large city, occupied entirely by one family.

3. one of a row of houses joined by common sidewalls.

town house

noun

1. a terraced house in an urban area, esp a fashionable one, often having the main living room on the first floor with an integral garage on the ground floor

2. a person's town residence as distinct from his country residence

3. another name (now chiefly Scot) for town hall

4. Also called: row house.  terraced house. a house that is part of a terrace

Word History and Origins

Origin of town house¹

First recorded in 1520–30

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