row house [roh] WORD ORIGIN noun one of a row of houses having uniform, or nearly uniform, plans and fenestration and usually having a uniform architectural treatment, as in certain housing developments. a house having at least one side wall in common with a neighboring dwelling. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of row house First recorded in 1935–40 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for row house row house noun US and Canadian a house that is part of a terraceAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): terraced house Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012