plex

See also: -plex

English

Noun

plex (plural plexes)

  1. (Canada) A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside.
    • 2001, Thomas F. McIlwraith, Edward K. Muller, North America: The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent (page 457)
      Most new housing has taken the form of single-family dwellings, not plexes, and levels of home ownership have risen steadily.
    • 2004, Richard Harris, Creeping Conformity: How Canada Became Suburban, 1900-1960 (page 34)
      English-style terraced houses or the cheaper type of Montreal plexes that opened directly onto the street made such a way of life possible, but just barely.
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