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town house
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town·house or town house  (tounhous)
n.
1. A residence in a city.
2. A row house, especially a fashionable one.

town house
n
1. a terraced house in an urban area, esp a fashionable one, often having the main living room on the first floor with an integral garage on the ground floor
2. (Social Science / Human Geography) a person's town residence as distinct from his country residence
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another name (now chiefly Scot) for town hall
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a US and Canadian name for terraced house
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.town house - a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common wallstown house - a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls
brownstone - a row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color
house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
terraced house - a house that is part of a terrace


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