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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The first was reported about 9:05 a.m. Friday, May 9, at a town house in the 1700 block of Pebble Beach Circle, leaving a family displaced and their pet dog deceased, a fire report said.
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Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The store, which was designed by Emily Ord of Studio Order, is located on two floors in a town house right off 73rd Street.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 May 2025
Walpole, the British luxury industry organization, opened its town house headquarters a few steps from Sloane Street last year.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
The area’s midcentury buildings of note included a group of nine houses, including five town houses, by South African architect Ted Levy, which were constructed in 1968.
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—Leonie Rolinck, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2025
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Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The store, which was designed by Emily Ord of Studio Order, is located on two floors in a town house right off 73rd Street.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 May 2025
Walpole, the British luxury industry organization, opened its town house headquarters a few steps from Sloane Street last year.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
The area’s midcentury buildings of note included a group of nine houses, including five town houses, by South African architect Ted Levy, which were constructed in 1968.
Already a subscriber?
—Leonie Rolinck, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for town house
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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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