split level

noun

Definition of split levelnext
as in ranch house

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  1. ranch house
  2. tract house
  3. town house
  4. manor house
  5. ranch
  6. duplex
  7. cottage
Noun
  • Kevin Tubbs grew up in a comfortable suburb outside Omaha, Nebraska, in a canary-yellow ranch house filled with dogs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • In Contra Costa County, that means tracking far more than ranch houses in Walnut Creek or condos in Brentwood.
    — East Bay Times editorial, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Definition of ranch house
Noun
  • In 2017, my family and I bought our house in the Palisades—a 1950s tract house on the same street as three of our friends.
    — Juliana Shallcross, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The Netflix series Adolescence starts with a police SWAT team conducting a dawn raid on a modest tract house in the north of England.
    — Martha Bayles, National Review, 24 July 2025
Definition of tract house
Noun
  • Sidewalks would connect every town house and commercial building, and two pedestrian gateway entrances would be built.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • This Brooklyn town house layers English textiles and plays with color drenching to maximize its tighter spaces but maintains its tidiness by paring back on decor.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2026
Definition of town house
Noun
  • The manor house is historically protected, which means the renovation was carefully overseen.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The island is nestled between the two forks of Long Island and is known for its unspoiled beaches and beautiful manor houses.
    — Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
Definition of manor house
Noun
  • This allowed the federal government to more easily zero in on a common culprit that had been consumed, which in turn helped identify the source of an outbreak, such as a specific farm, ranch or distributor.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Everybody loves ranch dressing Of all the American foods that caught on with foreigners during the World Cup — from gas stations like Buc-ees to diners like Waffle House — perhaps no singular item excited soccer fans as much as ranch dressing.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 July 2026
Definition of ranch
Noun
  • Fifth Avenue duplex The actor, along with her then-boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, rented a $37,000-a-month five-bedroom duplex in Midtown Manhattan’s Olympic Tower in the mid-2000s.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026
  • The deals in June included an $80 million duplex penthouse in a new condo building near Manhattan's West Village, a $26 million condo downtown and a $22 million co-op on the Upper East Side.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Definition of duplex
Noun
  • Upon reaching the par-4 fifth hole, players are greeted by a bothy, which is a Scottish cottage.
    — Zach Schenfisch, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Two-bedroom condominiums, along with several houses and cottages, are also available for long-term stays and group getaways.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026
Definition of cottage
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