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secondary suite

secondary suite noun: a self-contained apartment, cottage or small residential unit located on a property that has a separate main single-family home, duplex, or other residential unit.

Noun

secondary suite (plural secondary suites)

  1. A self-contained apartment, cottage or small residential unit located on a property that has a separate main single-family home, duplex, or other residential unit.
    Synonyms:
    accessory dwelling unit, ADU, annexe, granny annexe, in-law apartment, mother-in-law apartment

Synonyms of secondary suite

Forms of secondary suite

pluralsecondary suites

Questions about secondary suite

What does secondary suite mean?
Secondary suite means a self-contained apartment, cottage or small residential unit located on a property that has a separate main single-family home, duplex, or other residential unit.
What part of speech is secondary suite?
Secondary suite is a noun.
What is the plural of secondary suite?
The plural of secondary suite is secondary suites.

Words near secondary suite in the dictionary

  1. secondary storages
  2. secondary stress
  3. secondary stresses
  4. secondary structure
  5. secondary structures
  6. secondary suite
  7. secondary suites
  8. secondary tech
  9. secondary technical school
  10. secondary tense
  11. secondary tenses

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