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/ˈbɹaʊnˌstoʊn/ · noun
(uncountable) A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material..
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town.
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?
They emerge from the car to face a pair of brownstones, stately narrow things, which seem to have been similarly renovated and decorated.
Use brown stone when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brown stone means (uncountable) A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town.
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