bi-level
Americanadjective
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having two levels of space, as a railroad passenger car with two tiers of seats.
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(especially of a house) split-level.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bi-level
First recorded in 1955–60
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She posts scenes from her bi-level apartment near Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood, where she and her partner, Levi Dillon, moved in the summer of 2020.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
The previous owners then constructed a bi-level, three-bedroom home in the remaining area inside the structure.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
The Long Island Rail Road’s bi-level passenger coaches built by Kawasaki have been in service since 1997 and have not had wheel failures, officials said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2021
On the plus side, nixing the gathering means she won’t have to worry about loading the show’s bi-level set into two semis, and the costumes into a box truck.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
Filled with enough plastic baubles, china, dioramas, feathers and fabric swatches to send the Etsy crowd into ecstasy, the bi-level exhibition complements “Eloise at the Museum,” which opens on Friday at the New-York Historical Society.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2017
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