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townhouse

town·house [ tówn hòwss ] (plural town·hous·es [ tówn hòwzəz ]) or town house [ tówn hòwss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. fashionable row house: a two- or three-story house, semidetached or in a row of similar houses and with limited yard space, usually in a fashionable neighborhood

2. house in town: a house in a town or city, especially one that belongs to somebody who also has a house in the country

3. U.K. old terraced house: an old terraced house with three or more stories in a town or city

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