town house
or town·house
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.
Origin of town house
First recorded in 1520–30
Words nearby town house
town car,
town clerk,
town crier,
town gas,
town hall,
town house,
town manager,
town meeting,
town milk,
town planning,
town talk
Example sentences from the Web for townhouse
British Dictionary definitions for townhouse
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 called: row house, (chiefly Brit) terraced house US and Canadian
a house that is part of a terrace