Home › Words › S › splanchsplanchsplanch means A house with three levels inside a two-level skin.EtymologyBlend of split-level + ranch.nounA house with three levels inside a two-level skin.e.g.“We barely see the world at such a level, for we are surburbing in our splanches, looking for ledges to set down our plastic menorahs for all the gentiles to see.” — 2005, Mathias B. Freese, The i Tetralogy, page 213:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.backsplit 56% match — A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation. vs splanch →sidesplit 56% match — A split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation. vs splanch →plex 52% match — A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside. vs splanch →mansionette 51% match — A large and somewhat luxurious house. vs splanch →squinch 50% match — A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room. vs splanch →plancher 50% match — A floor made of wood. vs splanch →atticless 50% match — Without an attic. vs splanch →planching 49% match — The laying of floors in a building; flooring. vs splanch →