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View synonyms for town house
town house
or townhouse
noun
- a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
- a luxurious house in a large city, occupied entirely by one family.
- one of a row of houses joined by common sidewalls.
town house
noun
- 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
- a person's town residence as distinct from his country residence
- another name (now chiefly Scot) for town hall
- Also calledrow housechiefly Britterraced house a house that is part of a terrace
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Word History and Origins
Origin of town house1
First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences
But I made a million dollars by the time I was 20, I bought a town house in Manhattan and put myself through Columbia.
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Val was a fool for letting his town house in the spring but of course we know he is one and must put up with it.
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In the public square stands the principal church, royal treasury, town-house, and the richest shops.
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But now a proper edifice, the town house, is built for public use and the public meetings are held in it.
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In this connection it may not be out of place to remember that the town house was enlarged and a belfry added to it.
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To be sure, Robin must have a town house now he was married.
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