bilevel

Having two floors

Bilevel describes something with two levels or floors.

A bilevel house has its main entrance between two stories, with half-flights of stairs going up and down.

The term appears in architecture and real estate: They bought a bilevel in the suburbs.

In other contexts, bilevel can describe any two-tiered arrangement: bilevel train cars, bilevel lighting.

architecture

duplex

Divided dwelling, shared walls

staircase · landing · mezzanine · foyer · entrance · sunken · raised · tiered · step-up · step-down

spatial

upper

Shoe part above sole

between · intermediate · tiered · stacked · layered · vertical · horizontal · separated · connected · transitional

technical

CPAP

Forced-air breathing apparatus

airway · pressure · inhalation · exhalation · therapy · breathing · pulmonary · oxygen

residential

home

One's personal residence

suburban · single-family · living-room · basement · garage · bedrooms · property · real-estate · housing · development

design

open-concept

Without interior walls

overlook · sightlines · windows · skylights · interior · renovation · remodel · mid-century · retro · seventies

Opposites
number of levels

bilevelsingle-story

Having one floor

ranch · flat · bungalow · rambler · ranch-style

structural complexity

bilevelsingle-story

Having one floor

ranch house · ground-level

Family

level, lever, bicycle, levels, leveling, leveled, levitate, bilingual, leveler

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G