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sidesplit

sidesplit noun: a split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation.

Noun

sidesplit (plural sidesplits)

  1. A split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation.
    • It hadn't been Quirk's childhood home, a spacious suburban sidesplit Ted had seen only after it had been sold and only from the outside.2008, Mel Bradshaw, Victim Impact, page 72
  2. A split in which the legs are extending to the left and right of the torso.
    • For example, it takes a young girl gymnast, as a rule, about a month to learn how to do the sidesplit.1982, Culture and Life, page 44

Forms of sidesplit

pluralsidesplits
alternative formside-split

Origin of sidesplit

From side + split.

Questions about sidesplit

What does sidesplit mean?
Sidesplit means a split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation.
What part of speech is sidesplit?
Sidesplit is a noun.
What is the plural of sidesplit?
The plural of sidesplit is sidesplits.

Words near sidesplit in the dictionary

  1. sideslips
  2. sidesman
  3. sidesmen
  4. sidespin
  5. sidespins
  6. sidesplit
  7. sidesplits
  8. sidesplitter
  9. sidesplitters
  10. sidesplitting
  11. sidesplittingly

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