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apartment
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of APARTMENT
1
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place <a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house>
Related Words bed-sitter (also bedsit or bed-sitting-room) [British], cohousing, condo, condominium, duplex, duplex apartment, efficiency, efficiency apartment, flatlet [British], floor-through, garden apartment, granny flat [chiefly British], maisonette, penthouse, railroad flat, salon, saloon [chiefly British], studio, studio apartment, triplex, walk-up; gallery, wing; apartment building, apartment house, tenement house
2
an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall <the museum sets aside this large central apartment to display special exhibitions>
Related Words accommodation, bay, berth, booth, cabin, compartment, cubicle; alcove, niche, nook, recess; snuggery [chiefly British]
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