(əˈpɑːtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ), apartment block or apartment complex or apartment house
noun
a building divided into several apartments
a city full of bleak apartment blocks
the Manhattan apartment house where they live
a huge apartment complex only a few hundred metres from the beach
apartment house in American English
noun
a building containing a number of residential apartments
Also called: apartment building
Word origin
[1870–75, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: asymmetric, billing, giveaway, immobilize, washout
Examples of 'apartment house' in a sentence
apartment house
He got to Richmond after dark, and parked outside the dilapidated apartment house where Dean lived.
West, Charles STAGE FRIGHT
I'm on the middle floor of a three-storey apartment house.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As treasurer of the exclusive apartment house, he allegedly faked bills for renovation projects and doctored bank statements to funnel money into his own accounts.