Usually as two words or with hyphen. A house in a town or city; esp. one belonging to someone who has another property in the country.

A house situated in or having a garden; (in later use) spec. a suburban villa or country residence in India.

In parts of New England: a house built at or near the highest point of a notch (notch, n. 3b). Now historical.

A residence situated in a suburb. Obsolete. rare.

(a) a home (see home, n.1 7) for old people or animals; (b) = twilight house n.

a house in a twilight zone (see twilight zone n. (a)).

(in a housing development) a multi-storey home which shares walls with other units but has its own entrance on the outside; cf. townhouse, n. 3b.