brownstone
noun
brown·stone
ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn 
1
: a reddish-brown sandstone used for building
2
: a dwelling faced with brownstone
Examples of brownstone in a Sentence
She lives in a beautiful brownstone in Manhattan.
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Nero Wolfe, who is loath to set foot outside his brownstone on West Thirty-fifth Street, is obsessed with orchids and dedicates four hours a day to tending to them in his plant rooms on the roof.
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Coburn estimates that around the 1990s, these factors converged so that the brownstones were more likely to need gut renovation and the people who bought them were more likely able to afford them.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 28 Feb. 2025
The third, a Bed-Stuy brownstone, is the asset that is most likely available to help bail him out.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Three firefighters were among 15 people injured when a fire tore through a Brooklyn brownstone Friday morning, the FDNY said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Coburn estimates that around the 1990s, these factors converged so that the brownstones were more likely to need gut renovation and the people who bought them were more likely able to afford them.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 28 Feb. 2025
The third, a Bed-Stuy brownstone, is the asset that is most likely available to help bail him out.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Three firefighters were among 15 people injured when a fire tore through a Brooklyn brownstone Friday morning, the FDNY said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Brownstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brownstone. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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brownstone
noun
brown·stone
ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn
1
: a reddish brown sandstone used for building
2
: a dwelling covered with a layer of brownstone
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