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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Next came the security video from Rod's apartment building. Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024 Firefighters and cops arrived at the 12-story apartment building on W. 71st St. near Columbus Ave. Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024 In the final moments of the NBC medical drama’s fall finale Monday, Ericka got stuck in an elevator at her apartment building. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024 Also in the evening of Dec. 6, Russian forces struck two apartment buildings in Kryvyi Rih, a large industrial city and hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, killing three people and injuring 17, including a six-year-old child. Katya Soldak, Forbes, 9 Dec. 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 23 Dec. 2024.

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apartment building

noun
: a building containing several individual apartments

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