bi-level

[ bahy-lev-uhl ]

/ baɪˈlɛv əl /

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adjective

having two levels of space, as a railroad passenger car with two tiers of seats.

(especially of a house) split-level.

noun

a bi-level house, vehicle, etc.: The family moved from a bungalow into a bi-level.

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Origin of bi-level

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby bi-level

bile duct, bile ducts, bile pigment, bile salt, bilestone, bi-level, bilge, bilge board, bilge keel, bilge pump, bilge water

How to use bi-level in a sentence

Are you bi-coastal now, between Portlandia and Late Night with Seth Meyers?
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If she got caught with a shank, they would up her custody level.
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However, the Air Force is so strapped for people that the ratio has dropped below even that reduced level.
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“The level of outside support… has not been sufficient enough for them to distance themselves from al Nusra,” Cafarella said.
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Occasionally, a level will take 20 or more strokes to complete.
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"Here's my authority, yuh blasted runt," he yelled, and jerked his six-shooter to a level with the policeman's breast.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Yet a child coming under the humanising influences of culture soon gets far away from the level of the savage.
Children's Ways|James Sully
The height of the tower from the level of the street is 105 feet, the slated towers over the lateral pediments being smaller.
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We were about nine hours of fair daylight traversing 160 miles of level or descending grade, with a light passenger train.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
By its operation Gordon Wright, the most sensible man of our acquaintance, is reduced to the level of infancy!
Confidence|Henry James