apartment
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
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house also: flat
apartment in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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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
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Each one, from his own room, understood that the apartment had just been invaded.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In the inner room, which served as a sleeping apartment, the disorder was even greater.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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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
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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