detached house
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2.5
- noun
- /dɪˈtæʧt haʊs/
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casa unifamiliar
- Living in a detached house allows for more privacy compared to an apartment.
- single-family detached house
- family detached house
I want a massive detached house with land.
- I want a massive detached house with land.
Examples
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In order to go from tenement to suburb (perhaps over more than one generation), one may need to go first to a slightly better walk-up rental, then to a rental unit in someone's two- or three-family house, then to one's own attached house, and finally to one's own detached house.
Academic text (1997) -
Thirteen of the sixteen Vietnamese participants lived in detached houses with backyards, and three participants lived in townhouses with small courtyards.
Academic text (2004) -
I want a massive detached house with land.
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The percentage of detached houses with solar is therefore higher than we report.
Blog text (29) -
No, unless the parked car were on my private property, in front of my American-style detached house, or in my private driveway.
Academic text (2007) -
At the center stands a fine pavilion, and several detached houses are found within the confines of this welcome green space.
Academic text (2003) -
He initiated the move to a detached house on the grounds of the Buddhist temple.
Academic text (2013) -
Their new address was 77 Alleyn Park, a detached house (no longer standing) next to the college grounds, large enough to have previously housed the junior school.
Fiction book (1999) -
Even within a single price bracket, the choices range from impersonal high-rise apartment buildings in the middle of the city to detached houses in a rural setting, and all the variations in between.
Academic text (1991) -
Furthermore, 84.3% of the total surveyed stock is residential (12,187,698 units), out of which 51.8% are detached houses.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where one family lives
A house that stands alone and is not attached to other houses
A house or building where people live, not a business building
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a house that stands alone' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'detached' (standing alone) with 'house' (a dwelling). This adjective+noun composition follows a common, compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Detached house comes from the simple image of a house that is detached, or 'separate' from other houses. Picture one house standing alone with space all around it, and that's why the phrase means a home not joined to any other house.