split level
Speech parts
1. split level - Noun
2. split level - Adjective
Meaning
split level (not comparable)
Alternative spelling of split-level
Alternative spelling of split-level
A single level of a split-level house.
Confined to a wheelchair, she was effectively reduced to living in one split level, one-third of their split-level house.
Of a building: built with rooms on levels separated by stairs of less than a full storey.
Anything else built on two levels.
split-level (plural split-levels)
A building of this kind.
Alternative names
split-level
Synonyms
Examples
An hour later, the split-level house that Sakes have called home for many years stood in ruin.
A split-level plan—the bedroom wing lies a half flight above the living area; a half flight below are the exercise room and the service areas—"makes the large volumes feel small and intimate, with all the rooms close by," Jim Falk remarks.
People in their twenties and thirties have seen their parents chase "the dream" (a white picket fence, a shiny SUV, and a split-level house all one's own) and either fail at achieving it, or remain dissatisfied despite achievement of "the dream."
At the heart of this home, a large, split-level open-plan kitchen, dining and living area provides ample space for entertaining, with the benefit of a gas fire & heat pump to keep you toasty in these upcoming winter months.