town house

or town·house

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noun

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

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

one of a row of houses joined by common sidewalls.

RELATED WORDS

apartment, condo, co-op

Nearby words

town car, town clerk, town crier, town gas, town hall, town house, town manager, town meeting, town milk, town planning, town talk

Origin of town house

First recorded in 1520–30

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Examples from the Web for townhouse

It was filmed in the real $50,000-a-month Tribeca townhouse that Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, rented back in 2011.
We Watch the DSK Sex Romp So You Don’t Have To|Tracy McNicoll|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One mum, who lives in a £5m townhouse in Chelsea told me the following tale about her English nanny.
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The young lawyer was returning to her townhouse near Regents Park with her boyfriend when she was accosted soon after dark.
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Dorner appears to have broken into the townhouse, near Route 38, after police found his car.
How Christopher Dorner Went Down|Christine Pelisek|February 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But by the time the Special Operations team got to the townhouse, Zarqawi had already escaped.
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Then he put on wood, and by the time the dancers were ready there was a large fire blazing in the townhouse.
Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
When Kana′tĭ reached the settlement of the Wolf people, they were holding a council in the townhouse.
Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
They caught the boys and dragged them into the townhouse, and sent word to all the people of the settlement to come to the feast.
Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
At once there was an answering shout from the townhouse, and the dance came to a sudden stop.
Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
The townhouse was crowded, and the Seneca sang and danced until they were tired before they stopped.
Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney

British Dictionary definitions for townhouse

town house

noun

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

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

another name (now chiefly Scot) for town hall

Also called: row house, (chiefly Brit) terraced house US and Canadian a house that is part of a terrace

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Word Origin and History for townhouse

townhouse

1825, "residence in a town," from town + house (n.). As a type of suburban attached housing, c.1968, American English.