town house
noun
a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
townhouse
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a variation of
town house.
Example Sentences
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It takes us into a 1972 party at Duke Ellington’s New York City townhouse, where invited Harlem Renaissance luminaries encountered a lively reunion arranged by nonfiction filmmaker William Greaves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The film, newly restored from Greaves’ father William’s original offering, captures a staggering array of luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance reflecting on the period during a four-hour cocktail party at Duke Ellington’s townhouse in 1972.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
Located within a Georgian townhouse, the seven-floor venue has four dining rooms, 11 bars and two floors of "nightlife spaces", according to the Maison Estelle website.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
“An authentic 1852 Italianate townhouse, meticulously restored into a passive-house sanctuary on one of the West Village’s most coveted blocks,” the latest listing states.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
I walked over and rang the bell on his red brick townhouse.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
