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 famed 5,600-square-foot town house maintains its 19th-century allure; what remains intact from the 1800s is the original brick exterior, exposed beam ceilings, crown moldings, vintage wood cabinetry, and a fireplace with grand marble mantels.
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Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
On Halloween night, 1968, a flock of twenty eminent New Yorkers burst out of the door of Stephen Sondheim’s Turtle Bay town house.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Fastow checked her town house twice for her car and her that day but didn’t see her.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Two five-star hotels, apartments, town houses and villas, schools, three mosques, a mall, two universities and two world-class museums are part of the project.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
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Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
On Halloween night, 1968, a flock of twenty eminent New Yorkers burst out of the door of Stephen Sondheim’s Turtle Bay town house.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Fastow checked her town house twice for her car and her that day but didn’t see her.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Two five-star hotels, apartments, town houses and villas, schools, three mosques, a mall, two universities and two world-class museums are part of the project.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 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 18 Dec. 2025.
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