Apartment - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Apartment :  (noun)

1: a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house [syn: flat]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Apartment : \A*part"ment\, n. [F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad _ pars, partis, part. See Apart.] 1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. --Fielding.

2. A set or suite of rooms. --De Quincey.

3. A compartment. [Obs.] --Pope.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Apartment

rsmoses: Hah RT @nick: Glenn Beck called. He wants my Apartment to testify against global warming.
killer_shrew: @marc_nadeau Apartment life sucks
slantview: thinking of putting up a festivus pole to keep the "mod" look of the Apartment and can't get a real tree cause of the kitties.
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