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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˈduplɛks/ · UK /ˈdjuːpleks/
duplex means: Containing two separate units or homes.
adjective
Containing two separate units or homes.
- They bought a duplex house.
- The duplex building has two separate entrances.
- Two families live in that duplex property.
Having two floors connected inside one home.
- They rented a duplex apartment.
- The duplex flat has bedrooms upstairs.
- Would you prefer a duplex home with internal stairs?
Allowing information to travel in both directions.
- The radio uses duplex communication.
- This duplex channel carries signals in both directions.
- They tested duplex transmission between the two stations.
Having soil layers with very different textures, such as sand above clay.
- The field has duplex soil.
- Water drains slowly through this duplex profile.
- Duplex soils often have sandy layers above clay.
noun
A building divided into two separate homes.
- We live in a duplex.
- They rent the other half of our duplex.
- The street has several duplexes with separate entrances.
A single home with rooms on two floors connected by stairs.
- Their duplex has two floors.
- The bedrooms in our duplex are upstairs.
- She viewed three duplexes before choosing one with a balcony.
A combined postal mark with numbers and details of when and where a letter was posted.
- The stamp bears a duplex.
- This duplex shows the date beside a numbered mark.
- Collectors compared the duplexes on the old envelopes.
A juggling throw in which one hand sends two balls into the air together.
- She threw a duplex with her left hand.
- This juggling pattern starts with a duplex.
- He practised duplexes until he could catch both balls.
Questions about duplex
What does duplex mean?
Containing two separate units or homes.
What is duplex in other languages?
Türkçe: iki daireli · Español: bifamiliar · Français: à deux logements · Deutsch: mit zwei Wohneinheiten · Italiano: bifamiliare · 日本語: 二戸一棟の
How do you pronounce duplex?
In American English /ˈduplɛks/; in British English /ˈdjuːpleks/.
How do you use duplex in a sentence?
They bought a duplex house. The duplex building has two separate entrances.
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