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

The area is charming, with the houses themselves a mishmash of shapes of colors—miniature, red roof dwellings decorated with wooden panels are piled next to slim, towering town houses embellished with sweeping bay windows. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026

Developer Jib Felter of AAG Farms, LLC wants to build 44 town house units and retail space for multiple tenants at the northeast corner of 133rd Street and Black Bob Road. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

The five-story, 92,000-square-foot NoHo town house, which dates to the early 19th century, has been in the hands of the artist and his foundation since 1965. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The early-nineteenth-century town house, which Rauschenberg bought in 1965, once housed an orphanage and a convent. — News Desk, Artforum, 6 Aug. 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