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BNC: 43056 COCA: 17070

brownstone

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brownstone /ˈbraʊnˌstoʊn/ noun
plural brownstones
brownstone
/ˈbraʊnˌstoʊn/
noun
plural brownstones
Learner's definition of BROWNSTONE
[noncount] : a reddish-brown type of stone that is used for building褐砂石
[count] US : a house that is covered with a layer of brownstone用褐砂石饰面的房子
BNC: 43056 COCA: 17070

brownstone

noun

brown·​stone ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn How to pronounce brownstone (audio)
1
: a reddish-brown sandstone used for building
2
: a dwelling faced with brownstone

Example Sentences

She lives in a beautiful brownstone in Manhattan.
Recent Examples on the Web In the century since, the library and an accompanying mid-19th-century brownstone and annex were transformed into a world-class museum, thanks to an expansion by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Renzo Piano a decade ago. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 16 June 2022 Marie was built over a century ago in 1898 using brownstone commonly found in the Upper Peninsula. Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2022 The structure is 33-feet wide—the size of two brownstone row houses—75-feet deep and 66-feet tall. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2022 The original exterior of Carrie Bradshaw’s iconic brownstone studio has become a tourist hub for stoop photos over the decades. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 Two’s company, three’s a crowd, but four stools is just right for the Volakas marble island in this kitchen by Ishka Designs in a Brooklyn brownstone. Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 18 July 2022 In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nicolas Reveles was conjuring up a horror chamber opera set in a New York brownstone. Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2022 Nick and Amy Dunne were once young magazine writers who lived a glossy life together in a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights. Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post, 12 June 2022 So when New York’s redistricting fiasco last month unexpectedly opened up a House seat in a safely Democratic area, stretching from Lower Manhattan through much of brownstone Brooklyn, the political floodgates opened wide. New York Times, 18 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of brownstone was in 1846
BNC: 43056 COCA: 17070

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