tract house

noun

Definition of tract housenext
as in ranch house

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Recent Examples of tract house RuPaul was born in San Diego in 1960, the third of four children and the only boy, and brought up in a yellow three-bedroom tract house, one of four models in a housing development called Michelle Manor. — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024 But his idyllic Mayberry was now a construction yard surrounded by tract houses. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024 Most of the homes are tract houses, and many have taken on the personality of their owners with upgrades over the years. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023 Depending on the location, the cost for a ranch tract house with a garage in the suburbs was within a middle-class family’s reach. — Jeastman, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for tract house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tract house
  1. ranch house
  2. town house
  3. manor house
  4. ranch
  5. cottage
Noun
  • The small ranch house — lit up from inside in the dark, desert night — is a residential treatment facility for seven young men in foster care.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • For a more remote, private stay, Hill Country Casitas has 11 stone casitas and a three-bedroom ranch house for larger groups.
    — Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of ranch house
Noun
  • The developer plans to convert an office building, Rushmore One, in Ballantyne Corporate Park into five apartment buildings and seven town house buildings.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Working with Urban Pioneering Architecture, Haughton corralled an all-Caribbean team of craftsmen and builders to renovate the four-story town house.
    — Camille Okhio, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of town house
Noun
  • The deeply pretty Georgian manor house, all honeyed Bath stone, sits at the end of an avenue of sky-high beech and lime trees, surrounded by exquisite gardens like a Jane Austen film set.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The property’s manor house, once a Goddard College library and event space, now serves as a rehearsal space for the Goddard Institute of Dramatic Arts.
    — Olivia Fletcher, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of manor house
Noun
  • Designed for ranch work and rugged driving, the Terra pickup features green paint, 37-inch tires on 18-inch wheels, heavy-duty side steps, a front bull bar, a roof basket with lights, and expanded cargo-bed storage.
    — Chase Jordan October 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Squeezing into the enclave size limit allowed Rybolt Lamar to make yet another attempt to turn her ranch into a subdivision, even though Orange County commissioners had already voted against development plans on the property in 2010, 2016 and 2024.
    — Nico Rivero, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranch
Noun
  • The owners of Vermont’s Pitcher Inn commissioned 15 New England architects to build 18 cottages and 1 suite on a 113-acre estate.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Just like Amanda’s countryside retreat, this two-bedroom cottage in quaint Southrop—a small village in the heart of the Cotswolds—features stone masonry, a tiled roof, and even uses the same sage-green color across its window frames and front door.
    — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cottage

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“Tract house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tract%20house. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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