"row house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: row houses [plural]
Etymology: From row + house. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|row|house}} row + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} row house (plural row houses)
  1. (chiefly US) A variety of residential building where the individual houses lining a street share adjacent walls in common and have a continuous stretch of roof Tags: US Categories (topical): Buildings, Housing Synonyms: rowhouse, row-house Related terms: terraced house [Australia, UK], terrace

Inflected forms

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