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.
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Surveillance footage appeared to show the colonel being ambushed outside an apartment building while walking toward a vehicle. Ronn Blitzer , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025 Along with the stylish modern townhomes, it is now packed with architecturally distinct apartment buildings, many built in the past five years by mortgage mogul Dan Gilbert's Bedrock real estate firm. Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 11 July 2025 Built in 1997 as part of the city’s millennium commemorations, the memorial is located outside the apartment building where Cissi lived with her parents and brother. Dan Fellner, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025 Step inside the apartment building today, and middle school nostalgia comes flooding back. Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for apartment building

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 16 Jul. 2025.

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apartment building

noun
: a building containing several individual apartments

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