split-level

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
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split-level noun

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  • 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 — 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

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