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apartment

noun US /əˈpɑːrtmənt/

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,940 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,263 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house also: flat

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

apartment in real books

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  • The Como rug played a large part in the decoration of the apartment.

    Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1

  • Each one, from his own room, understood that the apartment had just been invaded.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

  • In the inner room, which served as a sleeping apartment, the disorder was even greater.

    The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

  • A few minutes later Dame Tresham was conducted to a comfortable apartment, and was given into the charge of a female attendant.

    A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1

  • He then rose, filled another pipe, and sat down to meditate on the subject that had brought him to his smoking apartment.

    Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1

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