- split-level house
- A house with floor on different levels, violating a covenant confining structures to single-story dwellings. Anno: 92 ALR2d 886, § 5[a].
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
split-level house
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split-level house — noun A one storey house with rooms on more than one level • • • Main Entry: ↑split … Useful english dictionary
split-level — /split lev euhl/, adj. 1. 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. n. 2. a split level house. [1945 50] * * * … Universalium
split-level — split′ lev′el adj. 1) archit. (of a house) having a room or rooms that are somewhat above or below adjacent rooms, with the floor levels usu. differing by about half a story 2) archit. a split level house • Etymology: 1945–50 … From formal English to slang
split-level — adj a split level house, room, or building has floors at different heights in different parts … Dictionary of contemporary English
split-level — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : divided vertically so that the floor level of rooms in one part is approximately midway between the levels of two successive stories in an adjoining part used especially of a dwelling with a one story portion… … Useful english dictionary
split level — noun A single level of a split level house. Confined to a wheelchair, she was effectively reduced to living in one split level, one third of their split level house … Wiktionary
split-level — adjective Date: 1946 divided vertically so that the floor level of rooms in one part is approximately midway between the levels of two successive stories in an adjoining part < a split level house > • split level noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
split-level — ADJ: usu ADJ n A split level house or room has part of the ground floor at a different level from another part, usually because the house has been built on ground that slopes … English dictionary
split-level — adjective a split level house, room or building has floors at different heights in different parts … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
split-level — adjective used for describing a room or house that has parts on different levels beside each other, not above each other: a split level bedroom … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
