brownstone
Americannoun
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a reddish-brown sandstone, used extensively as a building material.
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Also called brownstone front. a building, especially a row house, fronted with this stone.
adjective
noun
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a reddish-brown iron-rich sandstone used for building
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a house built of or faced with this stone
Etymology
Origin of brownstone
Example Sentences
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Auntie North glanced around as they stopped in front of an old brownstone covered in thick ivy.
From Literature
The result was a far cry from the dilapidated state the Carroll Gardens brownstone had been in when Harbour and Allen purchased it.
From MarketWatch
My favorite residence is our smallest—a floor in a Boston brownstone.
For the architects, the descending bleachers constitute a “reverse stoop,” another monumentalized form, this time of the brownstone stoops that are the front-row seats to Harlem’s street life.
She later had a “vision” of a Manhattan brownstone and was soon living in one thanks to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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