low-rise
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.
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