Found 2 items, similar to Apartment house.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: apartment house
apartment house
n : a building that is divided into apartments [syn:
apartment building
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Apartment house
Apartment house
\A*part"ment house\
A building comprising a number of lving units (apartments[4])
designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having
conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc.,
furnished in common; contrasted to a
detached dwelling.
Sometimes distinguished in the United States from a
flat house
, in which each living unit comprises one entire floor,
whereas in an apartment house a floor may be partitioned into
any number of apartments[4].
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]