maisonette

noun

Definition of maisonettenext
as in penthouse

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Recent Examples of maisonette Ablaze with bougainvillea, studded with blonde maisonettes, bathed in sea light, Oinoussai in pictures is another belle in the wine-dark East Aegean. — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024 Units at 40 East End Avenue include two- to five-bedroom apartments, a maisonette and a duplex penthouse with a private roof terrace, priced from about $3 million to $25 million. — Tim McKeough, New York Times, 3 May 2018 Also of note last month: The three-story maisonette owned by Tina Brown, the author and journalist, and her journalist husband, Sir Harold M. Evans, officially closed, according to public records. — Vivian Marino, New York Times, 29 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maisonette
  1. penthouse
  2. duplex
  3. bedsit
  4. floor-through
  5. condo
  6. triplex
  7. apartment
  8. condominium
Noun
  • It is estimated there will be four, five or six penthouses.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Alisa Bloom Set within a Chicago Gold Coast penthouse, this living room by designer Alisa Bloom blends vintage elegance with contemporary comfort.
    — Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of penthouse
Noun
  • The additional single-family homes would sit on roughly 10 acres on the east side of the overall development and would be built in a second phase, after the original 62 duplexes and three-plexes, which have received final plat approval and are awaiting building permits.
    — Marcus Dorsey, Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Astoria Townhomes will put about 118 duplex and triplex for-sale townhomes on about 11.73 acres, according to a press release.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of duplex
Noun
  • Her take on her hit, performed from a stage set like a messy bedsit, complete with washing machine, was the night’s most compelling musical moment and confirmation of a bright new star in the dimming U.K. firmament.
    — Mark Sutherland, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Photo: Matt Crockett The New Yorker magazine cover pinned to the cozy bedsit wall of Andy and her beau Nate’s dear little homestead bears an image of the Manhattan skyline, showing a cluster of elegant highrises set against the midnight city sky.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of bedsit
Noun
  • Upstairs are two spacious floor-through one-bed, one-bath apartments with windowed kitchens, both of which are green-lit for Airbnb in case there are slow periods at the shop.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Later, after the rest of the city’s inhabitants have been wiped out by a colossal storm, Baucis and Philemon issue their requests to the gods and are granted, first, a floor-through loft in Chinatown.
    — Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of floor-through
Noun
  • Homeowner associations and condos often allow contractors on common areas, such as pond shorelines, Portuallo said.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Related Group is one of the largest and most prominent developers in the U.S., spanning affordable housing to luxury condo buildings, mainly in South Florida.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of condo
Noun
  • This year, local Women Build participants will be raising the walls for a new triplex in Habitat Lake-Sumter’s first 55-plus community, the Cottages at Heritage Grove in Tavares. Details and to volunteer: habitatls.org/women-build-2025.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Click here to see more photos of the West Village triplex.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of triplex
Noun
  • Soundproofing your apartment and crate-training your pup will help your dog bark less and avoid complaints from angry neighbors.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Fire officials are investigating the cause of a two-alarm apartment fire in Owings Mills that left one person critically injured Wednesday afternoon.
    — Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of apartment
Noun
  • Her mint-green house in Frade, a gated condominium on the bay, served as a base for the expedition, whose members would relax around a table near a pool and a tree with fuchsia blossoms.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The partners plan to redevelop the property, which was originally built in 1975, into a 1,240-unit residential condominium. UOL, along with United Overseas Bank, is among the assets left by billionaire Wee Cho Yaw—who passed away in February last year at age 95—to his family.
    — Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Definition of condominium

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