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apartment house

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noun

a building containing a number of residential apartments.

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Nearby words

apartheid, aparthotel, apartment, apartment building, apartment hotel, apartment house, apartmental, apartmentize, apast, apastron, apatetic

Origin of apartment house

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Also called apartment building.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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