A frame house having up to three storeys at the front and one fewer at the back with a steeply pitched roof.
〈北美〉坡盖盐盒式楼房（前最高为三层，后矮一层，屋顶坡度大的木结构房屋）
the 15 duplexes evoke traditional rural structures such as the New England saltbox
as modifierthree-storey saltbox houses
Example sentencesExamples
Their domicile was a very simple affair, a clapboard saltbox with a ‘parlor’ and kitchen on the left side and two bedrooms on the right, built ‘in the round’, with no hallway.
The couple lived in apartments for 30 years before taking the real estate plunge, buying a 1939 saltbox that they remade as their own.
Mingling the best of old and new, the renovated saltbox remains faithful to its humble origins while accommodating the personality of its residents.
It was a saltbox style building with a second saltbox attached as an ell to the first giving the inn two identical facades when viewed from a corner.
The 15 duplexes, designed by architect Jerry Weisburd of Housecraft Builders, evoke traditional rural structures such as the New England saltbox.
Definition of saltbox in US English:
saltbox
nounˈsôltˌbäksˈsɔltˌbɑks
North American
A frame house having up to three stories at the front and one fewer at the back with a steeply pitched roof.
〈北美〉坡盖盐盒式楼房（前最高为三层，后矮一层，屋顶坡度大的木结构房屋）
the 15 duplexes evoke traditional rural structures such as the New England saltbox
as modifierthree-story saltbox houses
Example sentencesExamples
The 15 duplexes, designed by architect Jerry Weisburd of Housecraft Builders, evoke traditional rural structures such as the New England saltbox.
Mingling the best of old and new, the renovated saltbox remains faithful to its humble origins while accommodating the personality of its residents.
Their domicile was a very simple affair, a clapboard saltbox with a ‘parlor’ and kitchen on the left side and two bedrooms on the right, built ‘in the round’, with no hallway.
It was a saltbox style building with a second saltbox attached as an ell to the first giving the inn two identical facades when viewed from a corner.
The couple lived in apartments for 30 years before taking the real estate plunge, buying a 1939 saltbox that they remade as their own.