[loh-rahyz] 
| 1. | having a comparatively small number of floors, as a motel or townhouse, and usually no elevator. |
| 2. | a low-rise building. |
| low-rise (lō'rīz') adj. Of or relating to a building having few stories and often no elevators: a low-rise apartment house. [low1 + (high)-rise.] |