"backsplit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: backsplits [plural]
Etymology: From back + split. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|split}} back + split Head templates: {{en-noun}} backsplit (plural backsplits)
  1. A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation.
    Sense id: en-backsplit-en-noun-vSPNMz-Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "back",
        "3": "split"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From back + split.",
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    {
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "backsplit (plural backsplits)",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: sidesplit"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, E. C. Relph, The Modern Urban Landscape: 1880 to the Present, page 174:",
          "text": "By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 August 22, Dave Feschuk, “First a tornado's swirl; then, a whirl of logistics”, in Toronto Star:",
          "text": "As for the tornado-struck house, a semi-detached backsplit, it was in need of significant repairs, and the Cammisas said their insurance company told them not to expect a speedy visit from the adjuster.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation."
      ],
      "id": "en-backsplit-en-noun-vSPNMz-Z",
      "links": [
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          "home",
          "home"
        ],
        [
          "elevation",
          "elevation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "backsplit"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "back",
        "3": "split"
      },
      "expansion": "back + split",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From back + split.",
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    {
      "form": "backsplits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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  "senses": [
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: sidesplit"
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          "text": "By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]",
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        {
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        "A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation."
      ],
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