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apartment house

noun

  1. a building containing a number of residential apartments.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of apartment house1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences

A raging fire tore through the roof of an apartment house in Prince George’s County on Friday night brought firefighters to the scene from several jurisdictions.

Furry, turning right, walks past the faded, green-glowing bay windows of an apartment house to the corner.

I remember climbing their apartment house stairs with an overly friendly smile on my face.

Many became convinced that he was at the apartment house to see a woman, although this was never proved or even substantiated.

When he dropped me off at my apartment house, I managed to escape with a kiss.

And from that ran a concrete passage beside the apartment house out to the street one block below.

The New Yorker warmed a little, as an apartment-house furnace warms when the strawberry season begins.

At a corner nearest to his apartment house the dogman turned down a side street, hoping for fewer witnesses to his ignominy.

Or is it the excellent opportunity for social life offered by this convenient apartment-house that attracts?

After a short walk the old man led the way into a small apartment house, and up the stairs.

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