bungaloid house
- noun
- /ˈbʌŋɡəˌlɔɪd haʊs/
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casa bungaloide
- They built a bungaloid house with a spacious porch.
Examples
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Our neighborhood mostly consists of bungaloid houses built after World War II.
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Architects often classify certain suburban homes as bungaloid houses due to their low, wide profile.
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The couple bought a bungaloid house just outside the city, drawn by its charming design.
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The new bungaloid house in our neighborhood looks charming.
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Our neighborhood mostly consists of bungaloid houses built after World War II.
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Architects often classify certain suburban homes as bungaloid houses due to their low, wide profile.
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The couple bought a bungaloid house just outside the city, drawn by its charming design.
Synonyms
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A low house with one floor and often a wide porch
How Bungalow-like
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is transparently compositional: 'bungaloid' means 'resembling a bungalow' and 'house' means 'a dwelling', so the combined meaning is simply 'a house that looks like a bungalow.' This follows a regular adjective + noun pattern (and the '-oid' suffix signalling resemblance is a predictable morphological marker), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Bungaloid house is a name for a house that looks like a bungalow but is not quite one. The ending -oid means 'like', so the phrase tells you the home only 'resembles' a bungalow rather than being a true bungalow.