brownstone

About 0.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material.
2. noun A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City.
3. verb To scour (steps) with a donkey stone.

Similar words

graystone bluestone carstone borderstone stone bostonite cornstone boundstone corestone roadstone

Often followed by

house on in and houses building at front fronts

Word family

brownstones