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apartment
[ uh-pahrt-muhnt ]
noun
- 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.
apartment
/ əˈpɑːtmənt /
noun
- 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
- ( as modifier )
apartment house
apartment building
Other Words From
- a·part·men·tal [uh, -pahrt-, men, -tl], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of apartment1
Word History and Origins
Origin of apartment1
Example Sentences
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.
On top of the cost of filters, lower-end homes or apartments may have more leaks around windows and doors that let in contaminants.
The collapsible option makes it great for space conscious rooms or in smaller apartments and dorms.
A “target area” could be a park, an apartment complex or the bulk of the entire city.
It’s not easy working from home with kids, or being alone in your apartment.
He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.
“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.
The others stood silent till they heard the outer door of the apartment close behind him.
It 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.
In a few minutes he was alone, in a magnificent apartment, where every tranquillizing luxury invited to repose.
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