DUPLEX


Meaning of DUPLEX in English

du ‧ plex /ˈdjuːpleks $ ˈduː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: duo 'two' + plex 'fold' ]

a type of house that is divided into two parts, so that it has two separate homes in it

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THESAURUS

▪ house a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in:

Annie and Rick have just bought their first house.

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The price of houses is going up all the time.

▪ detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house:

a detached four-bedroomed house

▪ semi-detached house British English a house that is joined to another house on one side

▪ terraced house British English , row house American English one of a row of houses that are joined together

▪ townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city:

an 18th-century townhouse in Bath

▪ cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK:

a little cottage in the country

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a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw)

▪ bungalow a small house that is all on one level:

Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.

▪ country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest:

The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.

▪ mansion a very large house:

the family’s Beverly Hills mansion

▪ mobile home ( also trailer American English ) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place

▪ ranch house American English a long narrow house that is all on one level:

a California ranch house

▪ duplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homes

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.