bungalow
a cottage of one story.
(in India) a one-storied thatched or tiled house, usually surrounded by a veranda.
(in the U.S.) a derivation of the Indian house type, popular especially during the first quarter of the 20th century, usually having one and a half stories, a widely bracketed gable roof, and a multi-windowed dormer and frequently built of rustic materials.
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How to use bungalow in a sentence
Over the past couple years, the Zimmerman family has added the bungalows in the back and now a luxury high-rise.
Houston for Tourists? If You Think That’s a Joke, the Joke’s on You | William O’Connor | July 30, 2021 | The Daily BeastOutsite is now experimenting with private apartments or bungalows in locations like Costa Rica where members get access to community activities and the co-working space.
Work-life boundaries continue to blur: How the pandemic has changed co-living | Jessica Davies | July 20, 2021 | DigidayThis pet-friendly bungalow was extensively renovated after sustaining damage from Hurricane Michael in 2018.
Up Chicago Avenue sits a pristine bungalow with a new “for sale” sign.
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This bungalow has two levels, a screening room, a dining room, many offices, an art department, and cutting rooms.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI'm to be at his Universal bungalow at twelve-thirty for lunch, to meet him for the first time, going to see a man about a job.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI arrive at the bungalow and find his staff standing about stunned, some of them in tears.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe'd kept the few offices at the front of the bungalow, now oddly barren.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's a studio bungalow the way Newport summer houses are “cottages.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPassing a bungalow that was blazing furiously, he saw in the compound the corpses of two women.
The Red Year | Louis TracyOne evening in the month of April, a slim, straight-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut.
The Red Year | Louis TracyFor he saw her looking up into his eyes as once before on the lawn of her English bungalow four months ago.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe body of a young woman was found in the compound outside my bungalow, done to death in precisely the same way.
Uncanny Tales | VariousI found here the handsomest bungalow I had seen during the whole journey from Benares to Bombay.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for bungalow
/ (ˈbʌŋɡəˌləʊ) /
a one-storey house, sometimes with an attic
(in India) a one-storey house, usually surrounded by a veranda
Origin of bungalow
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