Definition of penthouse
1a : a shed or roof attached to and sloping from a wall or buildingb : a smaller structure joined to a building : annex
2 : a structure or dwelling on the roof or top floor of a building
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had a small penthouse built to serve as a toolshed
Recent Examples of penthouse from the Web
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The price of his 3,600-square-foot, four-bedroom, 4.5-bath penthouse unit has dropped from an evaluation of $15 million two years ago to its current listing price of 8.9 million.
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The penthouse was last sold in 2010 for $1.325 million.
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When Melania Trump is forced to leave her penthouse in NYC to spend time with her husband, the First Lady's face falls into lines of despair – most of the time while Donald is looking utterly jovial.
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Because Mrs. Trump has been, up to now, a cipher cloistered in a gilded New York penthouse but is about to take her place in the East Wing (at least according to her team) as the United States’ official hostess.
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The album bowed at No. 1 on the May 6-dated chart and spent the next two weeks in the penthouse.
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The building's penthouse is even better known in other circles because of its resident – John Romero, owner of Ion Storm and cocreator of Doom and Quake.
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Origin and Etymology of penthouse
alteration of Middle English pentis, from Anglo-French apentiz, from apent, past participle of apendre, appendre to attach, hang against — more at append
First Known Use: 14th century
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: an apartment on the top floor or roof of a building
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: an apartment on the top floor or roof of a building
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