row house

noun

variants or less commonly rowhouse
: one of a series of houses connected by common sidewalls and forming a continuous group
Fundamentally, a row house is a building that stands cheek by jowl with its neighbors, often sharing a common wall.Eric Wybenga

Examples of row house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The neighborhood, speckled with Victorian brick row houses lit by antique lanterns, is adjacent to downtown Boston, west of the city's skyline. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024 Auntie Hảo left Evie the deed to her San Francisco row house, a place full of Evie’s happiest memories. Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024 The city’s downtown is made up mostly of small, tightly packed row houses. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024 These include row houses, brownstones, and a virtual small downtown — all ready-made for a robotaxi demonstration. Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for row house 

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Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of row house was in 1871

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“Row house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/row%20house. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

row house

noun
: any of a row of houses connected by common sidewalls

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