brownstone
noun
brown·stone ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn 
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
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
- in pro
- in production
- in profile
- in progress
- in proportion
- in proportion to
- in propria persona
- in prospect
- in public
- in pursuance of
- in pursuit of
- in quantity
- in querpo
- in quest of
- in question
- in quick succession
- in quotes
- in rapid succession
- in re
- in reach
- in reaction to
- in readiness
- in real life
- in reality
- in reason