split-level
noting a house having a room or rooms that are somewhat above or below adjacent rooms, with the floor levels usually differing by approximately half a story.
a split-level house.
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How to use split-level in a sentence
Weinstein has a house in Rockville, Md., a split-level where he had lived with his wife and daughter for 35 years.
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British Dictionary definitions for split-level
(of a house, room, etc) having the floor level of one part about half a storey above or below the floor level of an adjoining part
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