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

This Brooklyn town house layers English textiles and plays with color drenching to maximize its tighter spaces but maintains its tidiness by paring back on decor. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2026

In the warm ivory sanctuary of her office in her ambassadorial Georgian town house in London, Madonna is on the latest turn of the roller coaster that is her thrilling, adventuresome, and fecund life. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026

National developer Quarterra has filed early plans to build Emblem Meridian, a 250-unit apartment and town house project near Eagle and Victory roads. — Chadd Cripe. Produced With Ai Assistance, Idaho Statesman, 23 June 2026

Ten millennial moms sat around the kitchen island of a town house in Carroll Gardens, eating crudités, nachos, and popcorn. — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 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