townhouse

English

Alternative forms

town house

Etymology

From town +‎ house. Compare Dutch tuinhuis (“summer house, cabana”), tuinhuisje (“bower”).

Noun

townhouse (plural townhouses)

  1. (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A row house or terraced house.
    Hypernym: house
  2. A house in an urban setting.
    Hypernym: house
  3. (dated) A town hall.

Derived terms

Translations
row house — see rowhouse
town hall — see town hall
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