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or less commonly rowhouse
: one of a series of houses connected by common sidewalls and forming a continuous group
Fundamentally, a row house is a building that stands cheek by jowl with its neighbors, often sharing a common wall.—
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Trump got his start working for his father, Fred Trump, a New York City real estate developer who built more than 27,000 apartments and row houses in Queens and Brooklyn, according to the New York Times.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
The neighborhood, speckled with Victorian brick row houses lit by antique lanterns, is adjacent to downtown Boston, west of the city's skyline.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
Auntie Hảo left Evie the deed to her San Francisco row house, a place full of Evie’s happiest memories.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
The city’s downtown is made up mostly of small, tightly packed row houses.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
The neighborhood, speckled with Victorian brick row houses lit by antique lanterns, is adjacent to downtown Boston, west of the city's skyline.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
Auntie Hảo left Evie the deed to her San Francisco row house, a place full of Evie’s happiest memories.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
The city’s downtown is made up mostly of small, tightly packed row houses.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for row house
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“Row house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/row%20house. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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row house
noun
: any of a row of houses connected by common sidewalls
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