garden level

noun

plural garden levels
: a story (see story entry 3 sense 1a) of a building located partly below ground level
Mr. Lisenbee owns two row houses on … Pioneer Street, and the garden levels of both were washed to ruin by the storm. Cara Buckley
This garden-level unit is in a 1900 brick building on a quiet street. Jon Gorey
compare garden apartment

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Photo: Hayley Ellen Day A separate unit on the garden level is also renovated but has less color. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Jan. 2025 Call the elevator to reach the emerald-green family room on the garden level, which includes a wet bar and sliding glass doors that open out to the spacious back patio. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of garden level was in 1856

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“Garden level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garden%20level. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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