Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mid-terrace

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables: mid-ter-race
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A terraced house sharing side walls with others on both sides.

British usage

Example Sentences

"They pooled the considerable sums and added another huge mortgage, this time based on two substantial incomes, and bought, at the start of the 1980s, the elegant, tall mid-terrace in Canonbury they still owned […]"
"So they still weren't really speaking when they found themselves at their destination for the evening – a Victorian mid-terrace on three floors almost identical to their own – and suddenly obliged to affect looks of anticipation and pleasure."

Etymology

From mid- + terrace.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mid

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

mid-terraces (plural)

Questions

What does mid-terrace mean?: A terraced house sharing side walls with others on both sides.
Where does mid-terrace come from?: From mid- + terrace.

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