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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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Brick row houses, some restored by whimsical architects in the 1980s, mixed with more traditional ones that haven't changed much since its Irish Catholic days.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 21 May 2024
Gone will be the pre-World War II row houses awash in faded yellow, light blue, pink and green that dot portions of the block along NW 62nd Street in Miami.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 12 May 2024
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 21 May 2024
Gone will be the pre-World War II row houses awash in faded yellow, light blue, pink and green that dot portions of the block along NW 62nd Street in Miami.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 12 May 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 29 May. 2024.
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row house
noun
: any of a row of houses connected by common sidewalls
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