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1 a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
  • a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house

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2 an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall
  • the museum sets aside this large central apartment to display special exhibitions

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The first known use of apartment was circa 1645

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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment. Accessed 26 Jun. 2022.

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