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Definition: Apartment House |
Apartment HouseNoun1. A building that is divided into apartments. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Apartment HouseSynonym: apartment building (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | House, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Apartment House |
| English words defined with "apartment house": apartment ♦ condominium ♦ flat ♦ super, superintendent ♦ tenement, tenement house. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "apartment house": Household Waste ♦ maintenance engineer, MANAGER, APARTMENT HOUSE ♦ RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ♦ service-car operator, superintendent, building. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Apartment House Mystery (1915) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Caption: Apartment House, 173-175 Riverside Drive, New York, New York; New York, NY; Unknown Date; {08.110/4} (jpg). | ![]() | Architectural drawing for an apartment house ("Admiral Apartments"), Admiral Barney Circle, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Wooden (log) apartment house, Dvina River embankment (1990s), Arkhangelsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. | ![]() | Dakota Apartment House, New York, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Apartment house at Greenbelt, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Rear stairs of apartment house, L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Children of citrus workers in hallway of apartment house. Winterhaven, Florida. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Front of apartment house on the Arizona part-time farms. Chandler Unit, Maricopa County, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Jacksonville, Florida. Negro apartment house. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | A.R. Clas buildings. Apartment house. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
apartment house wrestling | 111 |
apartment house lane school | 4 |
apartment house london serviced | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "apartment house"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منزل به عدة غرف. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | жилищен блок (apartment building, mansions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | èinžovní dùm (tenement, tenement house). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | maison de plusieurs pièces. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wohnblock (block of flats), mietshaus (tenement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בית "ירות (tenement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bérház (block of flats, land, tenement house). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | マンクス猫 (large apartment, Manchester, mandarin, mandarin collar, Mandelbrot, mandrill, mango, mangosteen, mangrove, manteau, mantis, mantle, mantlepiece, man-to-man, man-to-man defense, Manx cat, mongoose, monthly, Munshingwear, one-to-one, paying off one's entire credit card balance monthly), 共同住宅 (settlement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | マンション (large apartment), きょうどうじゅうたく (settlement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apartmentay ousehay edifício (building, edifice, erection, fabric, premise). (various references) imobil (firm, fixed, immobile, immovable, motionless, standing, stationary, steadfast, still), blochaus (building). (various references) многоквартирный дом (mansions, tenement house). (various references) stanbena zgrada. (various references) casa de pisos (apartment building, apartment complex, tenement). (various references) hyreshus (mansion, mansions, tenement house). (various references) apartman (apartment block, apartment building, block, building, rooms). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | insula, insulae, insulam, insularum, insulas, insulis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-h-m-n-o-p-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: portmanteaus. | |
-3 letters: houseparent, metanephros, naturopaths, pentamerous, portmanteau, treponemata. | |
-4 letters: anastrophe, apartments, athenaeums, atmosphere, menstruate, metaphrase, mouthparts, naturopath, nethermost, paramounts, pothunters, stenotherm, stepmother, treponemas. | |
-5 letters: aeronauts, amarettos, amputates, anteaters, apartment, astronaut, athenaeum, atheneums, atheromas, attempers, automates, earphones, earthnuts, earthpeas, emanators, entrepots, ephorates, heartsome, hepatomas, housemate, marathons, maturates, menopause, metaphase, metaphors, mousetrap, mouthpart, neuromata, northeast, numerates. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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