duplex house

noun

1. a house having separate apartments for two families, especially a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.

duplex house

noun

1. a house divided into two separate dwellings Also called (US)semidetached

Example Sentences

I have lived for many years in a shotgun duplex house in New Orleans and had a harmonious relationship with my next-door neighbor.

From New York Times

"We live in a duplex house and the ground floor was sinking. The furniture was floating. We have never seen anything like this before," she told the BBC.

From BBC