low-rise

[loh-rahyz]

low-rise

[loh-rahyz]
adjective
1.
having a comparatively small number of floors, as a motel or townhouse, and usually no elevator.
noun
2.
a low-rise building.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1955–60; on the model of high rise
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low-rise
 
adj
1.  Compare high-rise of or relating to a building having only a few storeys
 
n
2.  such a building

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