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. 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 See all Example Sentences for town house 

Word History

First Known Use

1571, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of town house was in 1571

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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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town house

noun
: a house connected to the next house by a common sidewall

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