row house
noun
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or less commonly rowhouse \ ˈrō-ˌhau̇s
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Definition of row house
: 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.— Eric Wybenga
Examples of row house in a Sentence
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Today, the former showroom in Charleston’s historic quarter, hidden on a narrow lane of row houses blazing with pink blossoms and palmetto trees, serves as the home of the Old Slave Mart Museum. — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, "Slavery’s descendants say a reparations check won’t make the pain go away," 18 Aug. 2019 Police scanner captured the chaotic first few minutes when gunfire erupted while officers were serving a narcotics warrant at a row house in North Philadelphia. — Faith Karimi, CNN, "'Get me SWAT ... long guns, ASAP!' Police calls detail tense minutes when Philadelphia shooting started," 14 Aug. 2019 French said each row house would have about 2,500 square feet, with three bedrooms and 3 ½ bathrooms and cost $800,000 to $850,000. — Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, "Clarendon Hills resident plans row houses, offices for Burlington Avenue," 21 July 2019 French’s plan is to develop two buildings, each with six row houses and six ground-level offices. — Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, "Clarendon Hills resident plans row houses, offices for Burlington Avenue," 21 July 2019 Brecher said that housing would be a mix of townhouses and row houses, and 10 percent would be considered affordable. — Kathleen Mcwilliams, courant.com, "Newington considers zoning regulations that would create transit village near potential train station," 13 June 2019 The second floor of a three-story row house under renovation fell while the unit was unoccupied, spokesman Vito Maggiolo said. — Laurel Demkovich, Washington Post, "D.C. building partially collapses during renovation," 12 June 2019 Now some six hundred people in need of international protection live in its little row houses. — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, "Ireland’s Strange, Cruel System for Asylum Seekers," 26 May 2019 The three-bedroom, four-bath row house originally was listed at $800,000, but after a potential buyer conducted an inspection a high level of methamphetamine was discovered. — Carina Julig, The Denver Post, "Meth-contaminated row home in Denver selling for $500,000," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'row house.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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row house
noun
English Language Learners Definition of row house
US
: a house in a row of houses that shares a wall with the houses next to it
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