apartment

noun

apart·ment ə-ˈpärt-mənt

plural apartments

Synonyms of apartment next

: a room or set of rooms fitted especially with housekeeping facilities and usually leased as a dwelling

: a building containing several individual apartments

British : a large and impressive room or set of rooms

—usually plural

Assured that the Queen and Prince Philip had retired to bed, Mr Hillyard tried to pass through the Royal apartments as the train left Aberdeen on its journey to London.—

Jonathan Petre

apartmental

ə-ˌpärt-ˈmen-tᵊl

adjective

Examples of apartment in a Sentence

We lived in an apartment for several years before buying a house. a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house

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Councilmember Nithya Raman made a last-ditch effort to allow certain types of apartments in some single-family neighborhoods. —

Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024 One day on the street in front of their apartment, a man in a rage ran up to their car and started yelling and banging on the driver’s side window. —

John Diedrich, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024 In sunny Germany, meanwhile, where solar panels are now cheaper than wood fencing, at least half a million apartment dwellers hung them from their balconies. —

Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024 The developer is the same one planning to seek financial support in the new year to build the Harlow and Hem apartments in the Wauwatosa Village. —

Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for apartment