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duplex

duplex

16 3.5
A building divided into two separate homes, often one above the other
  • noun
  • /ˈduːplɛks/
  • US
translation icon : dúplex
  • He bought a duplex and he bought a fourplex.

He bought a duplex and he bought a fourplex.

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Examples

  • The family (mother, brothers, and April) lived in a duplex about ten minutes' walk from school.

    Academic text (1997)
  • So I, I bought my duplex right before the pandemic.

  • Then finally moving into a duplex apartment with five friends and two dogs.

  • But I I went back to the odd little sort of broken down duplex where I grew up with my mom.

  • I understood why when she opened the door to her upstairs duplex and invited me in for coffee.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Benjamin: We bought ourselves a duplex.

  • We're in Utah, in my pregnant sister's hot duplex, watching movies taken last summer in California.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Kind of because I was able to use that to then buy this duplex, which was a few blocks away, came up as a really good deal.

  • The Ciambrones moved to a duplex in Rubonia, an isolated hamlet in northern Manatee County.

    Academic text (1997)
  • I have a two-bedroom duplex on the Upper East Side that has a lovely view of the park.

Synonyms

duplex apartment
vsduplex
  • US
1 3.4

An apartment with rooms on two floors connected by an inside staircase

is divided into two separate living units rather than arranged over two floors
duplex house
vsduplex
  • US
3.5

A house divided into two homes that share a wall or floor

also refers to dwellings arranged over two floors connected by an internal staircase

Antonyms

A house that stands alone and is not attached to other houses

Compounds

1 3.4

An apartment with rooms on two floors connected by an inside staircase

3.5

A house divided into two homes that share a wall or floor

How Many Units

apartment building
  • US
98 1.2
triplex
  • US
1 5.2
duplex
  • US
16 3.5

Surface Forms

duplex singular
duplexes plural

Etymology

Duplex comes from the Latin parts duo 'two' and plex 'fold', like double. So a duplex house is one building made into two separate homes or with rooms on two floors.