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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Combined, the three developments, would bring over 1,500 new apartments, single-family homes and town houses along Victory in South and Southwest Boise.
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Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
Tour the Federal-style town house and grounds, built on the site of the original Fort Rosalie, established by the French in 1716.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
The grand town houses along Amsterdam’s canals, as emblematic of the city as Haussmann’s architecture is of Paris, were constructed on thousands of wooden stilts driven into unstable mud.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The Capitol Hill Club, in a white brick town house a few blocks from the House of Representatives, is a social institution exclusively for Republicans.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
In the postwar years, the two lived lavishly: Bill, the multimillionaire director of Hanover Bank, owned an Upper East Side town house, a farm in Maryland, and a 60-acre estate on the North Shore of Long Island.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2024
Reservoir Square, an 8-acre, mixed-use development on North Avenue — previously known as Madison Park North — will include 120 town houses.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
Despite its setting in a 16th-century town house, the design is distinctly modern: black barstools, blond wood, moody lighting.
—Ray Isle, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2023
Famed for its picture-perfect canals, town houses, and bridges, Amsterdam is a vibrant city with countless things to do in all seasons.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
Tour the Federal-style town house and grounds, built on the site of the original Fort Rosalie, established by the French in 1716.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
The grand town houses along Amsterdam’s canals, as emblematic of the city as Haussmann’s architecture is of Paris, were constructed on thousands of wooden stilts driven into unstable mud.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The Capitol Hill Club, in a white brick town house a few blocks from the House of Representatives, is a social institution exclusively for Republicans.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
In the postwar years, the two lived lavishly: Bill, the multimillionaire director of Hanover Bank, owned an Upper East Side town house, a farm in Maryland, and a 60-acre estate on the North Shore of Long Island.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2024
Reservoir Square, an 8-acre, mixed-use development on North Avenue — previously known as Madison Park North — will include 120 town houses.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
Despite its setting in a 16th-century town house, the design is distinctly modern: black barstools, blond wood, moody lighting.
—Ray Isle, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2023
Famed for its picture-perfect canals, town houses, and bridges, Amsterdam is a vibrant city with countless things to do in all seasons.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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