duplex house

duplex house
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 — 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

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