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Apartment Private Self Catering Noun Bre əˈpɑːtmənt əˈpɑːrtmənt Holiday

Word apartment
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / əˈpɑːtmənt / NAmE / əˈpɑːrtmənt /
Example
  • self-catering holiday apartments
  • you can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments.
  • apartment dwellers can participate in community gardens.
  • colin lives in a dingy one-room apartment with his pet turtles.
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apartment

(noun)BrE / əˈpɑːtmənt / NAmE / əˈpɑːrtmənt /
  1. a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building
    • compare condominium
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/condominium
  2. a set of rooms used for a holiday/vacation
    • self-catering holiday apartments
  3. a room in a house, especially a large or famous house
    • You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments.

    Extra Examples

    • Apartment dwellers can participate in community gardens.
    • Colin lives in a dingy one-room apartment with his pet turtles.
    • I share an apartment with two friends.
    • I’m looking for an apartment on the east side of the city.
    • Larger cities have many high-rise apartments.
    • We will be renting the apartment for a year.
    • high-rise apartment blocks
    • the people who live in the upstairs apartment
    • the private apartments of the imperial family
    • Finding an apartment in any city can be a difficult task.
    • Our self-catering apartments are located just a minute’s walk from the beach.
    • an apartment building

    Word Origin

    • mid 17th cent. (denoting a private suite of rooms): from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare ‘to separate’, from a parte ‘apart’.
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