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a house having separate apartments for two families, esp. a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.Also called duplex.
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duplex house — ☆ duplex house n. a house consisting of two separate family units … English World dictionary
duplex house — noun a house with two units sharing a common wall • Syn: ↑duplex, ↑semidetached house • Hypernyms: ↑house * * * noun : two family house * * * a house having separate apartments for two families, esp. a two story house having a complete apartment… … Useful english dictionary
duplex house — house with dwelling accommodations for two separate families … English contemporary dictionary
duplex house — du′plex house′ n. archit. a house having separate apartments for two families, esp. a two story house with an apartment on each floor and two separate entrances … From formal English to slang
duplex — [do͞o′pleks΄, dyo͞o′pleks΄] adj. [L, consisting of two leaves, double < duo, TWO + plex, fold < plicare, to fold < IE base * plak , *plag > FLAG2, Gr plax, surface, infl. by early assoc. with duplus, DOUBLE] 1. double; twofold 2.… … English World dictionary
Duplex (building) — The term duplex can be used to describe several different dwelling unit configurations: A duplex house is defined as a dwelling having apartments with separate entrances for two families. This includes two story houses having a complete apartment … Wikipedia
house — Structure that serves as living quarters for one or more persons or families. See also curtilage domicile home residence. A legislative assembly, or (where the bicameral system obtains) one of the two branches of the legislature; as the house of… … Black's law dictionary
house — Structure that serves as living quarters for one or more persons or families. See also curtilage domicile home residence. A legislative assembly, or (where the bicameral system obtains) one of the two branches of the legislature; as the house of… … Black's law dictionary
duplex — duplexity, n. /dooh pleks, dyooh /, n. 1. See duplex apartment. 2. See duplex house. 3. paper or cardboard having different colors, finishes, or stocks on opposite sides. 4. Print. a. a method of reproducing an illustration using two halftone… … Universalium
duplex — du•plex [[t]ˈdu plɛks, ˈdyu [/t]] n. 1) archit. duplex apartment 2) archit. duplex house 3) gen a double stranded region of DNA 4) having two parts; double; twofold 5) tgp pertaining to or noting a telecommunications system, as most telephone… … From formal English to slang
