town house

noun

Definition of town housenext
as in ranch house

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Recent Examples of town house For a time, in the late seventies, the deed to his town house on East Sixty-eighth Street was mysteriously put in the name of his firm’s office manager, Jerry Howard. — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 For Kemble, that meant adding more full-length mirrors to her New York City town house. — Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 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 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
  • On Wednesday, the city council unanimously approved a vision plan to restore a ranch house that's nearly 150 years old.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The property includes the Fiddyment family’s ranch house, a brick cooler and smokehouse dating to about 1880, a garage built around 1950 and historic landscaping.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of ranch house
Noun
  • Built by renowned architect Roger Scott on a deep lot, the property leans more toward forest cabin than tract house.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of tract house
Noun
  • The property’s manor house, once a Goddard College library and event space, now serves as a rehearsal space for the Goddard Institute of Dramatic Arts.
    — Olivia Fletcher, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Guests can stay at a suite in the 18-bedroom main manor house, the cozier 11-bedroom Garden House, or one of the property’s individual suites.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of manor house
Noun
  • Instead of an ill-fitting concrete tower, the 185-room, adults-only property blends into the landscape as a series of standalone Caribbean-sytle cottages scattered across 30 acres of gorgeous coastline.
    — Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Once a private family estate, the property is now a collection of guest suites and cottages.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cottage
Noun
  • Pollard attended Culver High School and lived with an aunt and uncle in Montana while working on a cattle ranch, then helped out his dad on movie sets.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Outside of music, Beard owned and operated a ranch in Richmond, Texas, and maintained a love of golfing and car racing.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 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 21 Aug. 2026.

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