town house
noun
1
: a usually single-family house of two or sometimes three stories that is usually connected to a similar house by a common sidewall
also
: row house
2
: a house in town
specifically
: the city residence of one having a country seat or having a chief residence elsewhere
stayed at their town house during the social season
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In the years prior to her big break in the film Winter’s Bone, Lawrence lived in a modest town house in Santa Monica, which her parents purchased for $879,000 in 2006.
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Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2024
Housed in a 17th century town house in the heart of the Marais, the Haus of Strauss covers three floors with rooms designs for meeting spaces, exhibitions and showrooms.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
Hotelier Oscar Cubillo Blasco and his partner, Gigi de Vidal, left careers in Madrid for 250-year-old town house in the former Lanzarote capital of Teguise (also home to the lovely nine-room Palacio Ico boutique and now the charming center of the languid island).
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
The development would have 250 single-family houses, 150 town houses and 250 apartments, as well as 30,000 square feet of commercial space and restaurants.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
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Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2024
Housed in a 17th century town house in the heart of the Marais, the Haus of Strauss covers three floors with rooms designs for meeting spaces, exhibitions and showrooms.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
Hotelier Oscar Cubillo Blasco and his partner, Gigi de Vidal, left careers in Madrid for 250-year-old town house in the former Lanzarote capital of Teguise (also home to the lovely nine-room Palacio Ico boutique and now the charming center of the languid island).
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
The development would have 250 single-family houses, 150 town houses and 250 apartments, as well as 30,000 square feet of commercial space and restaurants.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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