semidetached

American  

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

adjective

1. partly detached. 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 fablelike movie describes a life spent indoors, with a droll, semidetached tone that makes it easy to overlook the plot holes.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2022

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

The lowest-priced house is a three-bedroom, three-bathroom semidetached Colonial listed at $122,000.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2020

She speaks with nostalgia of the years her family had spent in England, living at first in London, which she barely remembers, and then in a brick semidetached house in Croydon, with rosebushes in front.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri