noun A reddish-brown sandstone used as a building material.
- The old church was faced entirely in brownstone.
noun A townhouse built from or faced with this stone, especially in New York City.
- They emerge from the car to face a pair of brownstones, stately narrow things, which seem to have been similarly renovated and decorated.
— N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became (2020)
- They bought a brownstone in Brooklyn and spent a year renovating it.
- Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town.
— Talking Heads, Life During Wartime (1979)
- 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?
— James Poniewozik, Review: The Affair: More Than Meets the (2014)
