bungalow

Definition

A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali-style house; a detached house situated between a garden or a field”). Compare Hindi बंगला (baṅglā, “Bengali”), Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal”). Doublet of bangalo.

Example Sentences

• "My aunt can't manage the stairs any more, so she's moving to a bungalow."
• "the proprietor of the little tin bungalow that did duty for a garage"
• "Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward."