low rise
/loʊˈraɪz/
adjective
- Describing a building that has only a few stories, typically fewer than four or five.
- The neighborhood is full of low-rise office blocks and small shops.
- Low-rise housing is often preferred in suburban areas for its community feel.
- They live in a low-rise apartment building with just three floors.
- Describing pants or jeans that sit low on the hips, below the natural waistline.
- The store sells both high-waisted and low-rise trousers.
- She prefers low-rise shorts because they are more comfortable in summer.
- Low-rise jeans were very popular in the early 2000s.
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noun
- A building with only a few floors.
- The low-rise has a small garden that the residents share.
- They moved from a high-rise downtown to a low-rise in the suburbs.
- The city is building several new low-rises along the river.
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