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countable and uncountable, plural brownstones
(uncountable) A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material. examples
(countable) A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City. quotations examples
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town.
1979, Talking Heads, Life During Wartime
Did I mention he lives in a fantastic, expensive-looking brownstone? Did I mention that he’s a published novelist? Did I mention that he’s an involved, attentive father?
2014 October 9, James Poniewozik, “Review: The Affair: More Than Meets the "I"”, in Time
They emerge from the car to face a pair of brownstones, stately narrow things, which seem to have been similarly renovated and decorated.
2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 203