lowrise

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A form of low-rise — A building of no more than a few stories.

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Meanings

nounlowrise (plural lowrises)

plural lowrises

  1. alternativeAlternative form of low-rise.

    Around here, that means a transition from the lowrise, two-to-five-storey apartment building to condos that reach almost 10 floors above grade.

    2009 February 21, Christopher Hume, “Condo Critic: Pedestrians take a back seat to cars here”, in Toronto Star
adjectivelowrise (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of low-rise.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

slowrie
Cite this entry
APA

lowrise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lowrise

MLA

“lowrise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lowrise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lowrise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lowrise.

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