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low-rise Definition

☆ low·-rise (-rīz′)

adjective

designating or of a building, esp. an apartment house, having only a few stories

low-rise Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • block: Building work has now started in Barton Hill to replace two low-rise blocks of flats.
  • housing: The architect wanted to replace Charter House Tower in Ashford, Kent, with low-rise housing.
  • apartment: There are all types from low-rise apartments, duplexes, & detached villas.
  • building: Spaced around palm filled gardens, low-rise buildings have private patios leading down to white sands.
  • flat: Scheme details The Beacon and Old Hill Estate in Falmouth comprises 1008 inter-war terraced and semi-detached houses and low-rise flats.
  • hotel: There is no village as such but plenty of tourist facilities and lots of apartments and faceless low-rise hotels.