apartment house

noun

1. a building containing a number of residential apartments.

Word History and Origins

Origin of apartment house¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

Another could have hit the Israeli parliament or a high-rise apartment house, causing massive casualties.

From Seattle Times

He would die tragically of a heart attack while swimming in an apartment house pool in Bullhead, Arizona, in 2008 at the age of 52.

From Washington Times

The 1960s stucco apartment house in Santa Monica had an overhanging red roof and wide, wooden balconies, something like a cross between a bungalow motel and a Japanese minka.

From New York Times

But last year’s deaths at a Chicago apartment house shows more is needed.

From Seattle Times

They’d been inspired after reading her book “Growing Pains,” which documented her life making art and running a small apartment house in the early 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times