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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According to a 2016 study from the National Association of Homebuilders, the median density nationwide for town house and apartments subdivisions combined was almost 19 units per acre.
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Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2025
The region’s design and construction talents have the ability to bring the surrounding landscape into projects of all types, from modern mountain homes to urban apartments and town houses.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2025
Law enforcement respond to a deadly shooting at a town house complex in Spotsylvania County, Va., on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
For Bowen Goh and Vanessa Li, partners in the Bushwick bar Mood Ring, that fantasy became a reality in 2022, when the platonic pair went in on a three-story Bed-Stuy town house.
—Julie Vadnal, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2025
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Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2025
The region’s design and construction talents have the ability to bring the surrounding landscape into projects of all types, from modern mountain homes to urban apartments and town houses.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2025
Law enforcement respond to a deadly shooting at a town house complex in Spotsylvania County, Va., on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
For Bowen Goh and Vanessa Li, partners in the Bushwick bar Mood Ring, that fantasy became a reality in 2022, when the platonic pair went in on a three-story Bed-Stuy town house.
—Julie Vadnal, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2025
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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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