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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The man climbed up the side of an apartment building in the 300 block of North Federal Highway and went inside the woman’s unit through a sliding door on her balcony, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

There is zoning due west of the site for an existing apartment building as well, village officials said in a report to plan commission members. — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Golding was found shortly after midnight on Tuesday, July 21, in the basement of her Astoria, Queens, apartment building. — Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

The Sunday evening onslaught on Zaporizhzhia killed a 71-year-old woman and wounded 31 people, including a 16-year-old girl, as the bombs damaged 22 apartment buildings in four districts of the city, Fedorov said. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for apartment building

• boatbuilding
• outbuilding
• rebuilding
• roadbuilding
• shipbuilding
• upbuilding
• bodybuilding
• gilding

Kids Definition

apartment building

noun

: a building containing several individual apartments