town house
noun
1
: a usually single-family house of two or sometimes three stories that is usually connected to a similar house by a common sidewall
also
: row house
2
: a house in town
specifically
: the city residence of one having a country seat or having a chief residence elsewhere
stayed at their town house during the social season
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The development would have 250 single-family houses, 150 town houses and 250 apartments, as well as 30,000 square feet of commercial space and restaurants.
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John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
The plan originally called for some 2,000 town houses and apartments and a potential hotel, and more recent iterations have also called for commercial space.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
Cabins Cabin prices — which recently increased, because of high demand — range from $2,699 per person for an interior cabin to more than $100,000 for a three-story town house with an indoor slide and backyard.
—Ceylan Yeginsu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
The Bernheim installation includes a line cut into the wall that stretches through the whole first floor of the gallery’s town house—a nod to Rockburne’s spatial thinking.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
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John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
The plan originally called for some 2,000 town houses and apartments and a potential hotel, and more recent iterations have also called for commercial space.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
Cabins Cabin prices — which recently increased, because of high demand — range from $2,699 per person for an interior cabin to more than $100,000 for a three-story town house with an indoor slide and backyard.
—Ceylan Yeginsu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
The Bernheim installation includes a line cut into the wall that stretches through the whole first floor of the gallery’s town house—a nod to Rockburne’s spatial thinking.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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