town house

noun

Definition of town housenext
as in ranch house

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Recent Examples of town house 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 The real driver was the opening of the Róisín Lafferty Gallery last year, set within a Georgian town house beneath the designer’s Dublin studio. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 May 2026 The Golden Bleu Another beloved rental, this town house in Yuma is rated as an Airbnb guest favorite. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for town house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for town house
  1. ranch house
  2. tract house
  3. manor house
  4. cottage
  5. ranch
Noun
  • Kevin Tubbs grew up in a comfortable suburb outside Omaha, Nebraska, in a canary-yellow ranch house filled with dogs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • In Contra Costa County, that means tracking far more than ranch houses in Walnut Creek or condos in Brentwood.
    — East Bay Times editorial, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Definition of ranch house
Noun
  • In 2017, my family and I bought our house in the Palisades—a 1950s tract house on the same street as three of our friends.
    — Juliana Shallcross, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The Netflix series Adolescence starts with a police SWAT team conducting a dawn raid on a modest tract house in the north of England.
    — Martha Bayles, National Review, 24 July 2025
Definition of tract house
Noun
  • The manor house is historically protected, which means the renovation was carefully overseen.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The island is nestled between the two forks of Long Island and is known for its unspoiled beaches and beautiful manor houses.
    — Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
Definition of manor house
Noun
  • Participants live in cottages on campus and can stay for up to two years.
    — Leondra Head, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Originally, the park was supposed to mimic an Old World pastoral landscape, with English cottage scenes and a mill wheel.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
Definition of cottage
Noun
  • What began as a jean engineered for ranch work and rodeo competition has since become a versatile staple, worn by everyone from working cowboys to everyday consumers.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
  • Americans have fallen in love with visiting teams and foreign visitors have become enamored, of all things, with American-size food portions and ranch dressing.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of ranch

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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/town%20house. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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