party wall

NOUN

shared wall

Synonyms

WEAK

buffer dividing line garden fence partition property line

Example Sentences

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As a result, the property wall was effectively a party wall, he said, and "needed to come down anyway".

From BBC • May 23, 2023

Another potential pathway for unintended air flow between adjoining apartments is the common or "party" wall, a shared wall separating two individual units that is typically not airtight from top to bottom.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2021

He said they were both in the bedroom at the time and his wife was still in bed, next to the party wall between the properties.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2020

Our apartment shares a party wall with a gym.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2015

And there's a crack in the party wall, big enough for light to shine through, and I know when the light appears that they are going to bed.

From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)