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

New single-family neighborhoods have been going up, but the town lacks apartment buildings and rentals. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Because the research focused strictly on residents living on the lower floors of apartment buildings in a single city, the findings may not apply to people living on higher floors or in rural and suburban settings. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

At the time, Bo was developing the three-story, 35-unit apartment building in Pasadena, according to a contract filed in court. — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

In Hammond, The Banc is an apartment building, having converted the former Calumet Bank building downtown into residential use. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 9 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