semidetached

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

semidetached

/ ˌsɛmɪdɪˈtætʃt /

1. (of a building) joined to another on one side by a common wall
2. ( as noun )
  they live in a suburban semidetached

First recorded in 1855–60; semi- + detached

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

The jolt jerks up its passengers in the semidetached steerage.

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

April 18, 2024petrichor

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