semidetached

1. 1.

   attached on one side only

   “a semidetached house”

   Similardetached

Questions about semidetached

What does semidetached mean?

semidetached means "attached on one side only".

How many syllables are in semidetached?

semidetached has 4 syllables and divides as semi-de-ta-ched under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is semidetached a common word?

semidetached is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.