semi-detached
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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 — in ref. to houses, 1859, from SEMI (Cf. semi ) + p.t. of DETACH (Cf. detach) (q.v.) … Etymology 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 — 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 — Infobox Album | Name = Semi Detached Type = studio Artist = Therapy? Released = March 30, 1998 Genre = Rock/Heavy Metal Length = 44:36 Label = A M Records Producer = Chris Sheldon, Therapy? track 11 produced by Matt Sime and Therapy? Reviews =… … Wikipedia
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 — adj. Semi detached is used with these nouns: ↑bungalow, ↑home, ↑house, ↑property … Collocations dictionary
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 — [ˌsemidɪˈtætʃt] adj a semi detached house is joined to another house by one wall that they share … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
