semidetached

American  

[sem-ee-di-tacht, sem-ahy-] / ˌsɛm i dɪˈtætʃt, ˌsɛm aɪ- /

adjective

1. partly detached.

2. of or relating to a house joined by a party wall to another house or row of houses.

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semidetached British  

/ ˌsɛmɪdɪˈtætʃt /

adjective

1. 1. (of a building) joined to another on one side by a common wall

   2. ( as noun )

      they live in a suburban semidetached

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Other Word Forms

• semidetachment
  noun

Etymology

Origin of semidetached

First recorded in 1855–60; semi- + detached

Example Sentences

We’re in our 50s and will probably get $1 million for our four-bedroom semidetached townhouse, and have our sights set on a $1.6 million house that has “great bones” but needs a lot of work.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

The moment Charlotte and Angus Buchanan, both 36, acquired their semidetached Edwardian townhouse in the Harlesden area of northwest London in early 2020, they began sketching their fantasy bathrooms.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022

There are 15 homes under contract, ranging from a one-bathroom studio listed at $190,000 to a four-bedroom, one-bathroom semidetached rowhouse listed for $790,000.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021

She is a poet of steel shavings, of semidetached feeling, of unexpected links and impieties and unpropitious implications.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2020

We’re living in a larger place now, the three of us: the upper two stories of a red brick semidetached house with a sagging wooden square-pillared porch, on a side street west along Bloor.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood