apartment building

/əˌpɑrtmənt ˌbɪldɪŋ/
/aˈpɑtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ/
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Other forms: apartment buildings

Definitions of apartment building
  1. noun
    a building that is divided into apartments
    synonyms: apartment house
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    types:
    tenement, tenement house
    a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
    walk-up
    an apartment building without an elevator
    type of:
    building, edifice
    a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
Pronunciation
US
/əˌpɑrtmənt ˌbɪldɪŋ/
UK
/aˈpɑtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ/
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