apartment building |
a building containing a number of individual apartments; apartment house. |
apartment house |
a building containing a number of individual apartments; apartment building. |
apt. |
abbreviation of "apartment," a room or set of rooms used as living space by a single household and usu. located in a building containing a number of such rooms or sets of rooms. |
cliff dweller |
(informal) a person who lives in a many-storied urban apartment house. [1/2 definitions] |
concierge |
a person who serves as doorkeeper and janitor for an apartment building, esp. in France. |
condo |
(informal) an individually owned apartment; condominium. |
condominium |
an apartment complex in which each apartment is privately owned, or such an apartment itself. [1/2 definitions] |
cooperative |
an apartment house in which the tenants own their individual apartments. [1/4 definitions] |
doorbell |
a bell, buzzer, or other signal at an outside door, as of a house or apartment, sounded to gain admission. |
doorman |
one whose job is to tend the entrance of an apartment house, hotel, or other building, and to assist residents or guests. |
duplex |
an apartment with rooms on two levels. [1/3 definitions] |
duplex apartment |
an apartment that has rooms on two stories. |
efficiency apartment |
a small, sometimes furnished apartment usu. containing one large room with a kitchenette and an attached bathroom. |
flat2 |
(chiefly British) a group of connected rooms forming a residence on one floor; apartment. |
garden apartment |
an apartment building or apartment set in a landscaped area. |
garret |
a room or apartment in an attic, esp. such a room that has a sloping roof. [1/2 definitions] |
home |
the physical structure of a residence; house or apartment. [1/16 definitions] |
housemate |
one who shares a house, apartment, or the like with another who is not a family member. |
penthouse |
an apartment or other dwelling situated on the top floor or roof of a usu. tall building. [1/3 definitions] |
pied-à-terre |
(French) an apartment or other dwelling kept permanently but used only occasionally as needed. |
railroad flat |
an apartment in which the rooms are arranged in a row resembling a line of railroad cars, with no connecting corridor or hallway. |