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maisonette
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maisonette has 2 senses
- maisonette(n = noun.artifact) maisonnette - a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside; Array is a kind of apartment, flat
- maisonette(n = noun.artifact) maisonnette - a small house; Array is a kind of house
OXFORD DICTIONARY
maisonette, n. (also maisonnette)
1 a part of a house, block of flats, etc., forming separate living accommodation, usu. on two floors and having a separate entrance.
2 a small house.
1 a part of a house, block of flats, etc., forming separate living accommodation, usu. on two floors and having a separate entrance.
2 a small house.
Etymology
F maisonnette dimin. of maison house
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