brownstone
noun/ˈbɹaʊnˌstoʊn/US
Etymology
Definitions
A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material.
A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City.
- 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.
To scour (steps) with a donkey stone.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for brownstone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA