townhome

noun

town·​home ˈtau̇n-ˌhōm 

plural townhomes

US

: a house that has two or three levels and that is attached to a similar house by a shared wall : town house sense 1

"Drop-dead gorgeous 1991 townhome in the heart of Brentwood" was how McKenna described the property in the listing.

—Jeffrey Toobin

An "extraordinary" townhome community, conveniently located on approximately 30 acres of magnificent countryside in the Jefferson Boro area of South Hills.

—The Pittsburgh Press

… machines rumble outside smoothing the way for a townhome complex, vanguard of the new village.

—Charlie Meyers

Examples of townhome in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Although the single-family homes and townhomes have been constructed, the commercial land along Hillcrest Avenue, where the new project would be built, was left undeveloped. —Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025

Down the road from Smith, off of West Rocky River Road, a 167-townhome development was rezoned in 2021 on about 28 acres. —Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025

The development is expected to have over 2,000 housing units, including apartments, townhomes, villas and condos. —Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025

Others own condos or townhomes. —Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for townhome

• biome
• genome
• megohm
• nichrome
• noisome
• prodrome
• radome
• rhizome
• shalom
• syndrome
• acrosome
• aerodrome