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terraced house

British

noun

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

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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

Born and raised in a small terraced house in Norwich, on leaving school at 14 he started a series of odd jobs.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

Mr Wharmsby, who lives in the town, was captured on video emerging from the partially collapsed terraced house.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

Disruption was expected around the scene for some time after one terraced house was destroyed and two more partially collapsed.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 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

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