- (often plural)
any room in a building, usually one of several forming a suite, esp one that is spacious and well furnished and used as living accommodation, offices, etc - another name (esp US and Canadian) for
flat 2 1 (as modifier): apartment building, apartment house
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a•part•ment
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a room or a group of rooms used as a residence.
- an apartment house.
a•part•ment
(ə pärt′mənt),USA pronunciation n.
a•part•men•tal
(ə pärt men′tl),USA pronunciation adj.
- a room or a group of related rooms, among similar sets in one building, designed for use as a dwelling.
- a building containing or made up of such rooms.
- any separated room or group of rooms in a house or other dwelling:We heard cries from an apartment at the back of the house.
- British Terms apartments, a set of rooms used as a dwelling by one person or one family.
- Italian appartamento, equivalent. to apparta(re) to separate, divide (verb, verbal derivative of a parte apart, to one side) + -mento -ment
- French appartement
- 1635–45;
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Apartment, compartment agree in denoting a space enclosed by partitions or walls. Apartment, however, emphasizes the idea of separateness or privacy:one's own apartment.Compartment suggests a section of a larger space:compartments in a ship's hold, in an orange crate.
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