semi

noun

Definition of seminext
chiefly British
as in duplex

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Recent Examples of semi If a semi can travel hundreds of highway miles without a person in the cab, what happens to the person who used to sit there? — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Acts who might typically tour with multiple semi-trucks have to pare it down to come play the off-the-grid, experimental fest. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026 An Orland Park, Illinois woman was killed Sunday morning after she was ejected from her SUV during a crash with a semi on Interstate 80/94 near the Burr Street exit in Gary. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026 That license is required to operate large, heavy or hazardous commercial vehicles such as semi-trucks. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for semi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
  1. duplex
  2. ranch house
  3. town house
  4. ranch
  5. bungalow
  6. cottage
  7. tract house
  8. townhome
Noun
  • Keep an eye for a price drop on this otherwise pleasant brownstone duplex.
    — Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The private residences include a duplex with gardens and panoramic rooftops, single-level residences with terraces, private gardens and pools.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of duplex
Noun
  • This drastic change of faith comes after Crystal and his wife Janice Crystal (née Goldfinger) lost their 1930s ranch house in the Palisades wildfire in January 2025.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The small ranch house — lit up from inside in the dark, desert night — is a residential treatment facility for seven young men in foster care.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of ranch house
Noun
  • The 2,850-square-foot Madison Avenue shop is inspired by Smith’s home in London’s Holland Park, sporting a design intended to feel like a London town house.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The developer plans to convert an office building, Rushmore One, in Ballantyne Corporate Park into five apartment buildings and seven town house buildings.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of town house
Noun
  • McCollum spent summers working cattle, branding steers and tending to his grandfather's ranch alongside his cousins.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The horses panicked after a tree limb fell and hit the side of the wagon, ranch officials said on social media Saturday.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranch
Noun
  • Prior to her arrival, the film is confined largely to the claustrophobic rented California beach bungalow where Fielder and the documentary team spend time with Holmes, her husband, and their children.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Raj Vilas, as the bungalow in Mysore is now known, became their own retreat instead.
    — Nuriyah Johar, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of bungalow
Noun
  • The backstory The building was originally commissioned as a Gilded Age cottage back in 1874, and went through several compelling forms before its current rebirth, including a speakeasy during the Prohibition Era and the former Candlelight Inn.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In our film, Edward’s mother doesn’t appear, and Lucy Steele’s sister doesn’t appear, and there’s a whole sequence where Edward visits them at the cottage, which doesn’t appear in either film.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of cottage
Noun
  • Built by renowned architect Roger Scott on a deep lot, the property leans more toward forest cabin than tract house.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In 2017, my family and I bought our house in the Palisades—a 1950s tract house on the same street as three of our friends.
    — Juliana Shallcross, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of tract house
Noun
  • Two adults died in a townhome fire early Tuesday in Wilmington, Delaware, as intense heat and collapsing floors forced firefighters to retreat twice while trying to enter the three-story home, officials said.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Each townhome will face a street or green space, and trails will connect the homes to the commercial area.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of townhome

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