quadplex

[ kwod-pleks ]

adjective

1. fourfold; quadruple.

noun

1. Also called fourplex. a building having four dwelling or commercial units.

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadplex¹

quad ⁵ + -plex

Example Sentences

Before moving into a unit in a Highland Park quadplex in 2021, the 32-year-old research scientist tried to change his shipping address with online retailers he used frequently, including Southwest Airlines and Target, where he and his spouse had created their wedding registry.

From Los Angeles Times

“This won’t mean that all of a sudden every old home is going to be torn down to build a duplex or a quadplex,” he added.

From Seattle Times

Now, aid will be available to people whose primary residence includes up to four units, such as a duplex, quadplex or a house with an accessory dwelling unit.

From Los Angeles Times

Sibbett, a commercial fisherman and sometimes-tug-driver himself, tracked down the tug crew — in the greater Kingston/Port Gamble/Indianola/Suquamish quadplex, everybody knows everybody — and told the guy: Hey, I can get some friends to take our bowpicker boats out and grab the logs and float them back to you.

From Seattle Times