Meanings
adjectivesemidetached (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of semi-detached.
The houses, made of brick and siding, are generally smaller one- and two-family dwellings, many semidetached.
2007 March 4, David Scharfenberg, “Homey, if You Don’t Mind a Building Boom”, in New York Times
nounsemidetached (plural semidetacheds)
plural semidetacheds
- alternativeAlternative spelling of semi-detached.
Semidetacheds and council housing estates alternated with the occasional high-rise block […]
2013, Robert Barnard, A City of Strangers
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveattached on one side only
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Englishdetached
- Englishsemidetached
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APA
semidetached. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semidetached
MLA
“semidetached.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semidetached. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semidetached,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semidetached.
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