splanch

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noun

A house with three levels inside a two-level skin.

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Meanings

nounsplanch (plural splanches)

plural splanches

  1. USarchitectureA house with three levels inside a two-level skin.

    We barely see the world at such a level, for we are surburbing in our splanches, looking for ledges to set down our plastic menorahs for all the gentiles to see.

    2005, Mathias B. Freese, The i Tetralogy, page 213

Origin

Blend of split-level + ranch.

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APA

splanch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splanch

MLA

“splanch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splanch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splanch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splanch.

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