apartment house
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Definition
Noun: A building that is divided into multiple separate residential units, each rented or owned by different individuals or families. It is a multi-unit dwelling structure.
Usage
The term "apartment house" is used to describe the physical building itself. It is a formal and somewhat traditional term for a residential building containing several apartments.
Examples
- The new apartment house on Elm Street has twenty units.
- They live in a large, red-brick apartment house near the city center.
- The old apartment house was demolished to make way for a park.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used in legal, real estate, and architectural contexts to specify the type of building, as opposed to a single-family home or a condominium complex.
- It often implies that the units are for rent, though this is not a strict rule.
Variants and Related Words
- Apartment building: A more common and modern synonym for "apartment house."
- Tenement: Historically refers to an apartment house, often one that is overcrowded or in poor condition.
- Multi-family dwelling: A broader technical term that includes apartment houses, duplexes, and other buildings with more than one housing unit.
- Block of flats: The common British English equivalent.
Synonyms
- Apartment building
- Multi-family house
- Rental building
- Flats (in British English, referring to the building, e.g., "a block of flats")
Antonyms
- Single-family house
- Detached house
- Bungalow
Noun
- a building that is divided into apartments