duplex apartment

noun

1. an apartment with rooms on two connected floors.

duplex apartment

noun

1. an apartment on two floors

Word History and Origins

Origin of duplex apartment¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

Arlene and Robert Grafilo fled to Centre 200 with their children, ages 3 and 10, after a big tree toppled on their duplex apartment.

From Seattle Times

Days later, her body was found behind a vacant duplex apartment in South Memphis, about seven miles from where she had been taken, the police said.

From New York Times

The structure enables the duplex apartments to be bigger, maximizing living space and reducing noise in what was to be a “vertical village.”

From New York Times

In early March, I defended my PhD dissertation to a crowd of professors, and, days later, we hosted a baby shower in our cramped duplex apartment.

From Salon

Gropman and his team built the duplex apartment set at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, with each floor on a different stage.

From New York Times