semi

Definition

A semi-detached house.

Etymology

The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.

Example Sentences

• "2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40, I′m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay."
• "The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces."
• "The roads were lined with cramped little semis and 1960s bungalows: Britain's cheapest houses, in their flimsy, pebble-dashed glory."