Meaning & use
semidetached
Describing a house that is joined to one neighboring house by a shared wall, with the other side standing free.
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They bought a semidetached house with a small garden on one side.
The street was lined with semidetached homes built in the 1930s.
A note on using this word
Semidetached housing is especially common terminology in British English; Americans often say 'duplex' for a similar layout.
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