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brownstone
/ˈbɹaʊnˌstoʊn/
noun 2verb 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
fantastic
VERB + BROWNSTONE
lived, lives
PREP.
in, in
Definitions
noun
1
A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material.
2
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?
verb
1
To scour (steps) with a donkey stone.
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Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town.
Wiktionary02
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?
Wiktionary03
They emerge from the car to face a pair of brownstones, stately narrow things, which seem to have been similarly renovated and decorated.
Wiktionary04
She lives in a brownstone in a gentrified neighborhood of New York.
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