floor-through

noun

: an apartment that occupies an entire floor of a building

Examples of floor-through in a Sentence

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Our floor-through apartment on Bond Street is my luckiest business decision and my only retirement fund. Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024 Even an unremarkable two-bedroom floor-through in Prospect Heights, lacking the brownstone charm that tends to justify that kind of premium, was trying for $5,000. Curbed, 25 Aug. 2023 Its floor-through apartments with dual views of ocean and city are massive—the smallest is just over 4,000 square feet—with only two per floor, though some buyers have bought adjacent units to combine into larger homes. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2023 Von Hartz was on the third floor-through most of this mayhem, gradually transforming the space to match her life, which later included a husband and children. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of floor-through was in 1967

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“Floor-through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor-through. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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