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

After a court approved a rental amendment, only 25% of the townhomes in the Sawgrass community, in the southern Denver metro area, may be rented out. —Olivia Young, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026

Suggestions include lowering some of the height minimums to allow for more single story buildings like libraries, shops and townhomes. —Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Jan. 2026

Plans call for around 330 apartments and 430 townhomes in four- and five-story buildings, according to the developer’s site plan filed at the Huntersville Planning Department. —Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 1 Jan. 2026

All of which helped attract additional investors now constructing 396 townhomes and another 400-unit apartment community. —Kevin Plank, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026

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