low-rise

1. 1.

   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”

   Antonymshigh-rise

   Similarwalk-up

Questions about low-rise

What does low-rise mean?

low-rise means "used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low".

How many syllables are in low-rise?

low-rise has 2 syllables and divides as lo-w-rise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of low-rise?

The recorded antonyms are high-rise.