row house

Examples

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• We'll see the results of the city's very successful urban renewal program with row houses that have been restored or remodeled.

  Academic text (2006)

• The place was a simple, two-story, brick row house with two pink flamingos stuck in the front lawn.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The East River had to be just behind the row houses.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The only photo of her father in their Philadelphia row house was a formal shot with her.

  Fiction book (1999)

• In a small row house, two girls share a tiny attic bed.

  Fiction book (1999)

• My friends in the row houses down the street heard me in their backyards.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Above their shops are airy row houses of three or four bedrooms, housing four or five people to a room.

  Academic text (2011)

• We can't all afford the gorgeous city row houses or stunning farm homes in the country.

  Blog text (29)

• Paula's row house had a tiny front porch, just big enough for a metal glider.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Sophia lived in a solid old brick row house with wide front steps and a porch.

Synonyms

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townhouse

vsrow house

47 2.0

A house that shares walls with other houses in a row, often in a city

is a general series form without requiring urban location or many floors

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terrace

vsrow house

• UK

21 3.2

A row of similar houses joined together along their sides

focuses on the houses themselves rather than the street

T

townhome

vsrow house

• US

4 3.2

A house that shares walls with neighbors and has its own entrance

is about identical houses in a continuous series rather than ownership details

T

town house

vsrow house

1 3.0

A house in a row that shares walls with neighbours

is the standard label used here rather than an alternative form

T

terraced house

vsrow house

• UK

1 2.5

A house joined to other houses in a row by shared walls

is defined more generally as a series of similar houses sharing walls

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