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PIED-A-TERRE (pieds-a-terre)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pied-a-terre mean? 

PIED-A-TERRE (noun)
  The noun PIED-A-TERRE has 1 sense:

1. lodging for occasional or secondary use

  Familiarity information: PIED-A-TERRE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIED-A-TERRE (noun)


Sense 1pied-a-terre [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Lodging for occasional or secondary use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

they bought a pied-a-terre in London

Hypernyms ("pied-a-terre" is a kind of...):

housing; living accommodations; lodging (structures collectively in which people are housed)


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