apartment
a room or a group of related rooms, among similar sets in one building, designed for use as a dwelling.
a building containing or made up of such rooms.
any separated room or group of rooms in a house or other dwelling: We heard cries from an apartment at the back of the house.
apartments, British. a set of rooms used as a dwelling by one person or one family.
Origin of apartment
1Other words from apartment
- a·part·men·tal [uh-pahrt-men-tl], /ə pɑrtˈmɛn tl/, adjective
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How to use apartment in a sentence
Police also reportedly mistook Taylor’s car, which was parked outside her apartment that night, as the drug dealer’s car, according to the lawsuit.
The policing reforms in the Breonna Taylor settlement, explained | Fabiola Cineas | September 17, 2020 | VoxOn top of the cost of filters, lower-end homes or apartments may have more leaks around windows and doors that let in contaminants.
Wildfire smoke and COVID-19 are a one-two punch for indoor air quality across the U.S. | dzanemorris | September 17, 2020 | FortuneThe collapsible option makes it great for space conscious rooms or in smaller apartments and dorms.
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While We’re Rethinking Policing, It’s Time to End Gang Injunctions | Jamie Wilson | September 15, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoIt’s not easy working from home with kids, or being alone in your apartment.
Are you ready to start traveling for work again? TripActions’ CEO is banking on it | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | September 15, 2020 | Fortune
He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82 | Eleanor Clift | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“Bodegas, private residences, apartment buildings, you name it,” the investigator says.
At 24, I slipped on the ice outside of my Michigan apartment.
Magazines are the only thing in my apartment that qualify as clutter.
And there are a few nice things buried beneath the rubble that I could use in my apartment.
To the invitation to precede him she readily responded, and, with a bow to the Seneschal, she began to walk across the apartment.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe others stood silent till they heard the outer door of the apartment close behind him.
Confidence | Henry JamesIt was a large square apartment, very lofty and very naked-looking.
With which magnanimous sentiment he turned on his clumsy heel, and entered his apartment again.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuIn a few minutes he was alone, in a magnificent apartment, where every tranquillizing luxury invited to repose.
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British Dictionary definitions for apartment
/ (əˈpɑːtmənt) /
(often plural) any room in a building, usually one of several forming a suite, esp one that is spacious and well furnished and used as living accommodation, offices, etc
another name (esp US and Canadian) for flat 2 (def. 1)
(as modifier): apartment building; apartment house
Origin of apartment
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