semi-detached house

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• semi-detached house — noun a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side • Hypernyms: ↑dwelling, ↑home, ↑domicile, ↑abode, ↑habitation, ↑dwelling house …   Useful english dictionary

• semi-detached — semi de tached adj BrE a semi detached house is joined to another house on one side →↑detached, terraced ↑terraced …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• semi-detached — ADJ A semi detached house is a house that is joined to another house on one side by a shared wall. [mainly BRIT] ...a semi detached house in Highgate. Syn: semi N SING Semi detached is also a noun. It was an ordinary, post war semi detached …   English dictionary

• semi-detached — UK [ˌsemɪdɪˈtætʃt] / US / US [ˌsemaɪdɪˈtætʃt] adjective a semi detached house is joined to another house by one wall that they share Derived word: semi detached UK / US noun countable Word forms semi detached : singular semi detached plural semi… …   English dictionary

• semi-detached — adjective BrE a semi detached house is joined to another house by one shared wall compare detached (2), terraced house …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• semi-detached — [ˌsemidɪˈtætʃt] adj a semi detached house is joined to another house by one wall that they share …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• SEMI-DETACHED — adj. & n. adj. (of a house) joined to another by a party wall on one side only. n. a semi detached house …   Useful english dictionary

• semi-detached — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a house) joined to another house on one side by a common wall …   English terms dictionary

• Semi-detached — [ Mentmore, UK masquerade as one Mock Tudor style house.] Semi detached housing (often abbreviated to semi in the UK, Canada, and Australia, as in three bedroom semi, or outright renamed duplex in New England), consists of pairs of houses built… …   Wikipedia

• semi-detached —    (of a house)    sharing a party wall    The standard English usage avoids direct mention of the fact that the house is not separate from its neighbour:     And the novel s title was the first recorded use (in 1859) of the word semi detached .… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• semi-detached — adj. Semi detached is used with these nouns: ↑bungalow, ↑home, ↑house, ↑property …   Collocations dictionary