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Duplex

Double; twofold.

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Multiple 84% connected

Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Multiple 84% connected

Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Apartment 76% connected

A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Convert 76% connected

To cause to turn; to turn.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flat 76% connected

Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

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House 76% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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