penthouse
an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
any specially designed apartment on an upper floor, especially the top floor, of a building.
a structure on a roof for housing elevator machinery, a water tank, etc.
Also called pent, pen·tice [pen-tis]. /ˈpɛn tɪs/. a shed with a sloping roof, or a sloping roof, projecting from a wall or the side of a building, as to shelter a door.
any rooflike shelter or overhanging part.
Court Tennis. a corridor having a slanted roof and projecting from three walls of the court.
Origin of penthouse
1Other words from penthouse
- penthouselike, adjective
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How to use penthouse in a sentence
Residents of Champlain Towers South were looking at a $15 million assessment to repair “major structural damage” flagged by engineers, with owners being asked to pay between roughly $80,000 for one-bedroom units to $336,000 for the penthouse.
‘The Fear Is Very Real.’ The Surfside Collapse Is Renewing Focus on Climate Change Risks | Justin Worland | July 2, 2021 | TimeTwice he rode the elevator to the penthouse level and walked through an unlocked door to the roof.
One family’s harrowing escape from the collapsing condo building: ‘Run, fast!’ | Brittany Shammas | July 1, 2021 | Washington PostWhen part of the tower fell last week, much of the penthouse apartment went with it.
One family’s harrowing escape from the collapsing condo building: ‘Run, fast!’ | Brittany Shammas | July 1, 2021 | Washington PostSome of my best memories are practices with my fellow Muses in the penthouse of McCormick with the afternoon sun filtering in.
Meet the president: Annalisa Weigel ’94, ’95, SM ’00, PhD ’02 | Nicole Estvanik Taylor | June 30, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIn fact, he’s a record producer and label owner rich enough to own a cavernous penthouse whose rooftop pool offers a breathtaking skyline view.
Then I was the December penthouse Pet, which is a huge honor.
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex | Aurora Snow | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe's starting to sound like a schoolboy with a copy of penthouse.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLoeb owns a $100 million penthouse on Central Park West and a $50 million yacht.
Hunger Games Comes to New York State’s Public Schools | Zephyr Teachout | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was literally on the 18th floor in a penthouse suite and I really thought about ending it.
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All | Aurora Snow | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe flew first class, stayed in a luxury penthouse suite and was given money for shopping along with her pay.
It appeared to consist of a living-room and a scullery, with a patch under the skeleton of a sort of penthouse at the back.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsOver the penthouse thus formed a piece of gauze is placed, and the cage is complete.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects | C. V. RileyThe penthouse, in fact, represented the principal part of its attire, there was nothing else but a little red petticoat.
East Angels | Constance Fenimore WoolsonIn its middle there arose a penthouse, low and irregularly shaped like some organic outcropping of native rock.
The Brain | Alexander BladeHe lies buried—in my name—within the walls of penthouse Prison.
Dead Man's Love | Tom Gallon
British Dictionary definitions for penthouse
/ (ˈpɛntˌhaʊs) /
a flat or maisonette built onto the top floor or roof of a block of flats
a construction on the roof of a building, esp one used to house machinery
a shed built against a building, esp one that has a sloping roof
real tennis the roofed corridor that runs along three sides of the court
Origin of penthouse
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