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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.

Origin:
1955–60; on the model of high rise
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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.]
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