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apartment house

a·part·ment house
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-pahrt-muh nt noun, adjective hous]
    • /əˈpɑrt mənt noun, adjective haʊs/
    • /əˈpɑːtmənt haʊs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-pahrt-muh nt noun, adjective hous]
    • /əˈpɑrt mənt noun, adjective haʊs/

Definition of apartment house words

  • noun apartment house a building containing a number of residential apartments. 1
Just one definition for apartment house

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Origin of apartment house

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1870-75

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Parts of speech for Apartment house

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Apartment house

apartment house popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for apartment house

noun apartment house

  • boarding house — A boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time.
  • high-rise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
  • highrise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
  • condominium — A condominium is an apartment building in which each apartment is owned by the person who lives there.
All 4 Synonyms of apartment house

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