semi-detached
semi-detached adjective: of a house: joined to another one on one side, having one shared wall.
Adjective
semi-detached (not comparable)
- Of a house: joined to another one on one side, having one shared wall.
- In the smaller plans of a "Mansionette near Wimbledon Park," "Semi-detached Houses," and "The Compact House built near Blackheath," we are not favoured with any scale.1860 July, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 80
- The murderer should be a little man of the professional class — a dentist or a solicitor, say — living an intensely respectable life somewhere in the suburbs, and preferably in a semi-detached house, which will allow the neighbours to hear suspicious sounds through the wall.1946, George Orwell, Decline of the English Murder
Noun
semi-detached (plural semi-detacheds)
- Such a house.
semi-detached meaning in Tamil
semi-detached in Tamil
- இணைப்பு வீடு
Synonyms of semi-detached
Forms of semi-detached
| plural | semi-detacheds |
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Origin of semi-detached
From semi- + detached.
Questions about semi-detached
- What does semi-detached mean?
- Semi-detached means of a house: joined to another one on one side, having one shared wall.
- What is semi-detached in Tamil?
- Semi-detached in Tamil is இணைப்பு வீடு. See Semi-detached meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is semi-detached?
- Semi-detached can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near semi-detached in the dictionary
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