semiattached

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adjective

Attached on one side; sharing a wall with a neighboring residential building.

OriginEnglish attached ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi →
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Meanings

adjectivesemiattached (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAttached on one side; sharing a wall with a neighboring residential building.

    A tidy New England -style enclave of 1,173 people on the cusp of Queens, the village is just a few blocks but a less congested world away from their semiattached house in Bellerose Terrace, a more middle-class unincorporated hamlet, also in Hempstead.

    2009 February 8, Marcelle S. Fischler, “Hidden Away Next to Everything”, in New York Times
  2. not comparablePartially bound by affection or interest.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishattached
  6. Englishsemiattached

From semi- + attached.

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APA

semiattached. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiattached

MLA

“semiattached.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiattached. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semiattached,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiattached.

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