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

Examples of town house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Guests mingled at the Bill Blass town house Thursday night for an up-close look at the vintage Bill Blass pieces, fashion sketches and personal letters across the designer’s career that are being auctioned at Christie’s. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

His collection, housed in both his Park Avenue town house and his weekend home in Bedford, New York, is considered by many to be one of the world’s finest in private hands. — William D. Cohan, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026

In this version, the couple has moved from Chicago to London for a fresh start—bad things happened in Chicago—and the set features a wide town house with dark corners and William Morris wallpaper. — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

The area is charming, with the houses themselves a mishmash of shapes of colors—miniature, red roof dwellings decorated with wooden panels are piled next to slim, towering town houses embellished with sweeping bay windows. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1571, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for town house

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse

Kids Definition

town house

noun

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