Meaning of brownstone | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material.
   uncountable
2. A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City.
   countable

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Examples

“Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town.”

“Did I mention he lives in a fantastic, expensive-looking brownstone? Did I mention that he’s a published novelist? Did I mention that he’s an involved, attentive father?”

“They emerge from the car to face a pair of brownstones, stately narrow things, which seem to have been similarly renovated and decorated.”

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