apartment building

noun

: a building containing separate residential apartments

called also apartment house

Examples of apartment building in a Sentence

We lived in an apartment building for several years before buying a house.
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That’s kind of what happens at the end of this movie: the characters finally get to this house and have these great emotional expectations that are just met by a typical-looking three-story apartment building. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024 From the outside, the restaurant looks like an extension of the apartment building above it. Linnea Covington, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 The organization also provides housing through its 12-unit apartment building in Queens, New York. Eva Reign, Them, 24 Oct. 2024 The Sixers nixed plans to build a 25-story apartment building as part of their arena proposal. Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for apartment building 

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of apartment building was in 1845

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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.

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apartment building

noun
: a building containing several individual apartments

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