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semidetached

semidetached is the alternative spelling of semi-detached.

Meaning of semi-detached

Adjective

semi-detached (not comparable)

  1. 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

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Forms of semidetached

pluralsemidetacheds

Origin of semidetached

From semi- + detached.

Questions about semidetached

What is semidetached the alternative spelling of?
Semidetached is the alternative spelling of semi-detached.

Words near semidetached in the dictionary

  1. semidesert
  2. semidesertic
  3. semideserts
  4. semidesperation
  5. semidestructive
  6. semidetached
  7. semidetacheds
  8. semidetachment
  9. semideterministic
  10. semideveloped
  11. Semidey

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semidetached (page history and authors); semi-detached (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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