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 majority of home construction across the state continues to be single-family homes — with increasingly large footprints — or the classic four- or five-story apartment building, usually for rent, Fulton said. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

At the time, Davis lived in the Colonial House, a legendary, though quaint, apartment building (with a doorman) in West Hollywood off of Sunset Boulevard. — Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026

Dogs being hurried out of the apartment building by their owners wagged their tails, excited by the commotion. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2026

The victim was attacked in the rear of an apartment building on Prospect Ave. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 14 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