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town house

noun

Definition of town housenext
as in ranch house

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Recent Examples of town house The early-nineteenth-century town house, which Rauschenberg bought in 1965, once housed an orphanage and a convent. — News Desk, Artforum, 6 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
  • Shakti Prana, a mountain retreat in Kumaon featuring seven private cottages.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But the couple were happy in their little cottage in the small hamlet of Lee-on-the-Solent, which Leigh decorated in her famously romantic style.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of cottage
Noun
  • The sandwich is perfectly balanced with the soft fresh bread, smoky turkey with the ranch and avocado providing a creaminess without making the sandwich heavy.
    — Justin Brown, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The ranch is owned by Gus’ grandparents, Josie and Shannon Murray, the parents of Gus’ mother Jessica Murray.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 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 23 Sep. 2026.

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