residential detached

Meaning

1. 1phrasefixed phraseBritish

   A house that is not joined to any other building and is used as a home.

   Grammar: Used mainly before a noun or as a category label: a residential detached house; the property is residential detached.

   Patterns

   • residential detached house
   • residential detached property
   • a residential detached home

   They bought a residential detached house with a large garden.

   The estate agent described the property as a residential detached home.

   Prices for residential detached properties have risen sharply in this area.

Common combinations

residential detached house

A residential detached house usually costs more than a terraced one.

residential detached property

The brochure listed several residential detached properties in the suburb.

residential detached home

They wanted a residential detached home away from the busy main road.

residential detached development

The new residential detached development will have twenty houses.

Synonyms and how they differ

detached house

This is the more common everyday term; 'residential detached' is more formal and often used in property listings.

single-family home

Common in American English for a house for one family; it does not always mean the house stands alone.

Opposites

Word family

residence noun

A house or the place where someone lives.

residential adjective

Relating to an area where people live rather than work.

detached adjective

Not joined or connected to another building.

Commonly confused: residential detached or semi-detached?

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