split-level

[ split-lev-uhl ]

adjective

1. noting a house having a room or rooms that are somewhat above or below adjacent rooms, with the floor levels usually differing by approximately half a story.

noun

1. a split-level house.

split-level

adjective

1. (of a house, room, etc) having the floor level of one part about half a storey above or below the floor level of an adjoining part

Word History and Origins

Origin of split-level¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Weinstein has a house in Rockville, Md., a split-level where he had lived with his wife and daughter for 35 years.

From The Daily Beast

The split-level house on Vermont Avenue sat empty for years before Occupy Wall Street claimed it.

From The Daily Beast