semidetached

[ sem-ee-di-tacht, sem-ahy- ]

adjective

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

semidetached

/ 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

Other Words From

• semi·de·tachment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of semidetached¹

First recorded in 1855–60; semi- + detached

Example Sentences

A greatly overgrown hoof may be quickly shortened with sharp nippers and the sole freed of semidetached flakes of horn.

From Project Gutenberg

The jolt jerks up its passengers in the semidetached steerage.

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The city is a coalition of semidetached groups, each of which has a unity of its own.

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