gen. That side or surface of any part of the body or of any object, which answers in position to the back; that opposite to the face or front, or…

Disconnected, disengaged, separated; separate, unattached, standing apart, isolated.

British (originally Scottish). Of living accommodation: having no rooms shared with another household or set of occupants, and usually having a…

consisting of a ground floor; one-storied.

Partially detached.

Having the appearance or style of a bungalow or bungalows; characterized by the presence of bungalows. Also n., a bungaloid building.

Having or functioning on two levels, arranged on two planes; spec. (North American) designating a style of two-storey house in which the lower…

one-up, one-down: designating a house consisting of one main room upstairs and one downstairs.

applied attributively to a type of house that has no back door.

Formed into or furnished with a terrace or terraces; arranged or constructed in terrace form. Of a house: cf. terrace house n. at terrace, n.…

Having or consisting of three levels; (of a house, etc.) having three storeys or floors on three levels. Cf. split-level, adj.

designating a house in which the entrance is half-way between the levels of the two floors; also absol. as n.; cf. split-level, adj.

two-up two-down n. also two-up and two-down a house with two reception rooms downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs. Also attributive or as adj. So t…