Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or being a building of low height, usually with three or fewer stories and no elevators.
- adjective Characterized by low-rise buildings.
- adjective Of or relating to pants with a waistline that rests at or below the hips.
- noun A low-rise building.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lower than the highest heights; -- used of buildings of one or only a few stories.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A building of no more than a few stories. A
retronym created as anantonym tohigh-rise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low
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Examples
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Bethel AME occupies an imposing, Gothic-style white stone building with a towering steeple that stands out amid the surrounding boarded-up brownstones, low-rise public housing, and crumbling, mostly vacant row houses.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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He notes that many office tenants are now working out of old low-rise buildings and villas where they have to pay for their own security guards and power generators, meaning they may eventually be eager to move to more modern facilities.
Cambodia's Developers Again Aim at Stars Patrick Barta 2012
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And here is Strange himself, as seen by a prospective client: "tall and broad shouldered, wearing low-rise bells, a wide black belt, brass-eye stacks, a rayon shirt stretched out across his chest, and a thick Roundtree mustache."
A Couple of Complicated Men Tom Nolan 2012
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Despite its proximity to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the site today consists of undeveloped lots and low-rise buildings, one of which houses a New York state parole office.
Brooklyn's Shifting Center Joseph De Avila 2012
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The next, you're in a sleepy district of low-rise residential buildings and squalid factories.
Shimmer on the Waterfront Robbie Whelan 2011
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Heck, two 10-storey buildings are planned all the way out on Costigan Road, an otherwise low-rise area with an almost rural feel to it.
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One only has to drive through Mississauga or Brampton to see what taller buildings in otherwise low-rise neighbourhoods do to the make-up of the neighbourhood.
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The building is also notable for its design, a departure from the colonial villas and low-rise buildings with businesses on the ground and housing above that dominate most of Phnom Penh.
Cambodia's Developers Again Aim at Stars Patrick Barta 2012
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One only has to drive through Mississauga or Brampton to see what taller buildings in low-rise neighbourhoods do to the make-up of the area.
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PHNOM PENH—Cambodia's low-rise capital city is reaching for the sky—again.
Cambodia's Developers Again Aim at Stars Patrick Barta 2012
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