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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.
Recent Examples on the Web
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
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Word History
First Known Use
1845, in the meaning defined above
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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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