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backsplit en · NOUN

Etymology

From back + split.

Meanings

  1. A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation.
    • By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […] 1987, E. C. Relph, The Modern Urban Landscape: 1880 to the Present, page 174:
    • As for the tornado-struck house, a semi-detached backsplit, it was in need of significant repairs, and the Cammisas said their insurance company told them not to expect a speedy visit from the adjuster. 2009 August 22, Dave Feschuk, “First a tornado's swirl; then, a whirl of logistics”, in Toronto Star:

Forms

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backsplits Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

sidesplit