APARTMENT

Pronunciation (US):

• APARTMENT (noun)
  The noun APARTMENT has 1 sense:

1. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

  Familiarity information: APARTMENT used as a noun is very rare.

• APARTMENT (noun)

Meaning:

A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

apartment; flat

Hypernyms ("apartment" is a kind of...):

housing; living accommodations; lodging (structures collectively in which people are housed)

Meronyms (parts of "apartment"):

kitchenette (small kitchen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apartment"):

walk-up; walk-up apartment (an apartment in a building without an elevator)

rooms; suite (apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel))

studio; studio apartment (an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen)

railroad flat (an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them)

penthouse (an apartment located on the top floors of a building)

maisonette; maisonnette (a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside)

flatlet (a tiny flat)

efficiency apartment (a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom)

duplex; duplex apartment (an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase)

cold-water flat (an apartment without modern conveniences)

bedsit; bedsitter; bedsitting room (a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing))

Holonyms ("apartment" is a part of...):

apartment building; apartment house (a building that is divided into apartments)