brownstone

noun brown·stone \ -ˌstōn \

Updated on: 25 Apr 2018

Definition of brownstone

1 : a reddish-brown sandstone used for building

2 : a dwelling faced with brownstone

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She lives in a beautiful brownstone in Manhattan.

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The housing advocacy group purchased the 1900s, brick and brownstone structure in the Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood for $550,000.

— kenneth r. gosselin, courant.com, "Hartford Capewell Factory Office Sold To Housing Advocates," 20 Apr. 2018
Boston firefighters knocked down a two-alarm blaze at an unoccupied brownstone under construction in the Back Bay Wednesday night, a fire department spokesman said.

— jacob carozza, BostonGlobe.com, "Two alarm-fire breaks out at Back Bay brownstone under construction," 5 Apr. 2018
In 2001, when his mother entered a nursing home, Jackson sold the family’s brownstone for $400,000.

— Washington Post, "‘I still see the scars’: Memories of 1968 obscure progress," 30 Mar. 2018
There are $4 million brownstones across the street from housing projects.

— janelle okwodu, Vogue, "Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, and More Celebrate The Last O.G.," 30 Mar. 2018
Some 50 Boston firefighters lined the sidewalk Monday in front of a Back Bay brownstone, standing in silence to honor two firefighters who were killed four years ago in the line of duty.

— laney ruckstuhl, BostonGlobe.com, "Firefighters remember 2 fallen men at site of tragic 9-alarm fire," 26 Mar. 2018
Rosemary barely acknowledged the reporters camped outside their brownstone.

— jessica knoll, Glamour, "The Governor’s Daughter Has a Big Problem," 20 Mar. 2018
Four-and-a-half hours before tip-off Dwane Casey heads downstairs, to the basement of his three-story brownstone in midtown Toronto, and lowers the ironing board from the rack on the laundry room wall.

— lee jenkins, SI.com, "Smooth Operator: Dwane Casey Is Still Ironing out Every Wrinkle He Can Find," 6 Mar. 2018
In 2012, Manafort bought a four-story, 19th-century brownstone rowhouse in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn.

— marc fisher, Anchorage Daily News, "Inside the Manafort money machine: A decade of influence-peddling, lavish spending and alleged fraud," 22 Feb. 2018

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: a reddish-brown type of stone that is used for building
: a house that is covered with a layer of brownstone

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