low-rise

/ˌloʊ ˈraɪz/
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Definitions of low-rise
  1. adjective
    used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low
    “looking out over the roofs of low-rise apartment buildings”
    synonyms:
    walk-up
    a building with no elevator
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    antonyms:
    high-rise
    used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators; tall
    multistorey, multistoried, multistory
    having more than one story
    storeyed, storied
    having stories as indicated
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