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apartment house

–noun
a building containing a number of residential apartments.
Also called apartment building.


Origin:
1870–75, Americanism
apartment building  
n.  A building divided into apartments. Also called apartment house.

apartment building

building containing more than one dwelling unit, most of which are designed for domestic use, but sometimes including shops and other nonresidential features.

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