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row house
noun
a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls (Freq. 1)
Syn: ↑town house
Hypernyms: ↑house
Hyponyms: ↑brownstone, ↑terraced house

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noun
Etymology: row (IV)
: one of a series of houses connected by common sidewalls and forming a continuous group

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/roh/
1. one of a row of houses having uniform, or nearly uniform, plans and fenestration and usually having a uniform architectural treatment, as in certain housing developments.
2. a house having at least one side wall in common with a neighboring dwelling.
[1935-40]

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row house noun (N American)
A terraced house
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Main Entry:row

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row house UK [ˈrəʊ ˌhaʊs] US [ˈroʊ ˌhaʊs] noun [countable] [singular row house plural row houses] american
a terraced house
Thesaurus: buildings where people live or stayhyponym

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row house «roh»,
one of a row of attached houses of the same design, usually two floors high and occupied by one family.

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[rō]
n. any of a row of houses joined by common sidewalls

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/ˈroʊ-/ noun, pl ⋯ houses [count]
US : a house in a row of houses that shares a wall with the houses next to it — called also (Brit) terraced house

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row house [row house row houses] [ˈrəʊ haʊs] [ˈroʊ haʊs] (also ˈtown house) (both NAmE) (BrE ˌterraced ˈhouse) noun
a house that is one of a row of houses that are joined together on each side
See also:terraced house town house  
Example Bank:

They live in a row house in Washington's Mount Pleasant neighborhood.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.