Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A room or suite of rooms designed as a residence and generally located in a building occupied by more than one household.
- noun An apartment building.
- noun A room.
- noun Chiefly British A suite of rooms within a larger building set aside for a particular purpose or person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A room in a building; a division in a house separated from others by partitions.
- noun plural A suite or set of rooms; specifically, a suite of rooms assigned to the use of a particular person, party, or family.
- noun A flat (which see).
- noun 4. A compartment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.
- noun A set or suite of rooms.
- noun obsolete A compartment.
- noun A room or suite of rooms in a building comprising a dwelling unit separate from others in the building, and typically having its own separate bath, sanitary, and kitchen facilities. Such
apartments are in most cases rented from the owner by those dwelling in them. - noun a small apartment{4}, sometimes furnished, with minimal kitchen and bath facilities. The unit may comprise a single room plus a bathroom, and the kitchen facilities are often open to the main room, or may form a small niche in a corner. There are many variations of
efficiency apartment , including some in which furnishings such as a bed may be pull out from a wall recess and stored there again when not in use. Also called anefficiency .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A complete
domicile occupying onlypart of abuilding . - noun archaic A
suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including abedroom . - noun obsolete A
division of anenclosure that isseparate from others; acompartment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Their point of entry must be located within the ensemble of new residents in the title apartment complex.
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Their point of entry must be located within the ensemble of new residents in the title apartment complex.
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Posted July 14, 2009 at 9: 57 am | Permalink this apartment is a dream!!
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This apartment is a great example of red interior design.
White and Black Rug 2010
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In any case, this apartment is a bit smaller and will hopefully be a bit more intimate.
talk part II tragic_elegance 2009
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This apartment is a great example of how you can give a spacious and cosy feeling to a small apartment.
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This apartment is a great example of red interior design.
White and Black Rug 2010
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This apartment is a great example of red interior design.
White and Black Rug 2010
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The centerpiece of the apartment is the wooden kitchen which is also half bathroom.
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Posted September 11, 2009 at 6: 23 am | Permalink this apartment is a real paradise & really my dream is to live in one like this & also I like its colors they are all matching together its perfect jujur
Black, White an Wood: How is That For An Apartment Design? 2009
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