"brownstone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brownstones [plural]
Etymology: From brown + stone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|brown|stone}} brown + stone Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brownstone (countable and uncountable, plural brownstones)
  1. (uncountable) A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-brownstone-en-noun-B9k2YJ--
  2. (countable) A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Rocks
    Sense id: en-brownstone-en-noun-imfsJit~ Disambiguation of Rocks: 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brownstoner

Inflected forms

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