Search Result for "apartment house":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a building that is divided into apartments;
[syn: apartment building, apartment house]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Apartment house \A*part"ment house\ A building comprising a number of lving units (apartments[4]) designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; contrasted to a detached dwelling. Sometimes distinguished in the United States from a flat house, in which each living unit comprises one entire floor, whereas in an apartment house a floor may be partitioned into any number of apartments[4]. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

apartment house n 1: a building that is divided into apartments [syn: apartment building, apartment house]