a number of people standing or sitting next to each other in a line; a number of objects arranged in a line
Example:
- There is a row of trees in front of the house.
- We sat in a row at the back of the room.
- The vegetables were planted in neat rows.
- He looked down at row upon row of eager faces.
Extra examples:
- She arranged the chairs in two neat rows.
- The children stood in a row.
- endless rows of identical houses
a line of seats in a cinema, theatre, etc.
Example:
- Let's sit in the back row.
- We have seats in the front row.
- Our seats are five rows from the front.
a line of numbers or words arranged one after the other across the page in a table
Example:
- The top row of Table 2 shows the current values.
- There are eight rows and four columns in the table.
- You can insert rows between existing ones.
Related words and phrases
a complete line of stitches in knitting or crochet (= ways of making clothing, etc. out of wool)
used in the name of some roads
Example:
- Manor Row
- I live at 22 Western Row.
an act of rowing a boat; the period of time spent doing this
Example:
- We went for a row on the lake.