garden level

noun

plural garden levels
: a story (see story entry 3 sense 1a) of a building located partly below ground level
Mr. Lisenbee owns two row houses on … Pioneer Street, and the garden levels of both were washed to ruin by the storm.Cara Buckley
This garden-level unit is in a 1900 brick building on a quiet street.Jon Gorey
compare garden apartment

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Carrie texted Samantha to ask her about Duncan Reeves (Jonathan Cake), the British author who was living on the garden level of her townhome, and the two had a little banter reminiscent of their Sex and the City dynamic. Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Owners enjoy stunning sea and golf views from garden level, in the privacy of verdant olive groves. Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 The entryway spits you out on the garden level, where the great room is framed by French doors that spill open to the south-facing garden, originally designed by landscape artist Edwina Von Gal. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 July 2025 To maximize natural sunlight and views through the garden-facing windows, the Brooklyn Studio team encouraged the homeowners to bring their kitchen up one flight of stairs from the garden level to the parlor floor. David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2025 Two floor-through units on the third and fourth floors sat above an owner’s duplex with bedrooms at the garden level and living spaces on the parlor floor. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of garden level was in 1856

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“Garden level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garden%20level. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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