Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A frame house with two stories in front and one in back, having a pitched roof with unequal sides, being short and high in front and long and low in back.
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- noun US a distinctively shaped
wooden frame house with twostoreys at the front and one behind, characteristic ofNew England
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind
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Examples
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The style that is called a saltbox has a low wall and roofline on the north side for protection from harsh weather and maintains a tall wall on the south for natural exposure to the sun’s warmth.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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The style that is called a saltbox has a low wall and roofline on the north side for protection from harsh weather and maintains a tall wall on the south for natural exposure to the sun’s warmth.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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The style that is called a saltbox has a low wall and roofline on the north side for protection from harsh weather and maintains a tall wall on the south for natural exposure to the sun’s warmth.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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The style that is called a saltbox has a low wall and roofline on the north side for protection from harsh weather and maintains a tall wall on the south for natural exposure to the sun’s warmth.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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The saltbox is an easy way to use the shape of the building to provide natural light, heat, and protection.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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The saltbox is an easy way to use the shape of the building to provide natural light, heat, and protection.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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The saltbox is an easy way to use the shape of the building to provide natural light, heat, and protection.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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The saltbox is an easy way to use the shape of the building to provide natural light, heat, and protection.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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We turn left and there it is: our saltbox on the water.
The Last Highway Jonathan Sapers 2011
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Johnny, wearing only dark jeans and an Ace bandage wrapped high around his rib cage, lay on his narrow bed in the attic bedroom of my saltbox farmhouse.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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