town house
Americannoun
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a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
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a luxurious house in a large city, occupied entirely by one family.
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one of a row of houses joined by common sidewalls.
noun
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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
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a person's town residence as distinct from his country residence
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another name (now chiefly Scot) for town hall
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Also called: row house. terraced house. a house that is part of a terrace
Etymology
Origin of town house
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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Erin Kyle, her teenage daughter and her daughter’s best friend, who had spent the night at their town house in the Palisades Highlands, were speeding down the mountain, smoke billowing around them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025
The town house is now under contract, and they’ve moved into a larger home in Ballard.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024
Now, it wasn’t totally a surprise: My wife and I have been renting in this neighborhood for more than eight years, two in our town house.
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2024
Proposals included modifying the town house or building something completely new.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023
The doctors turned down his request, and Arthur went to a friend's town house to wait until they would allow a visit.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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