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Flats - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Campo, Champaign, Condominium, Delta, Desert, Down, Downs, Duplex, Fell, Flat, Flatland, Grassland, Heath, Level |
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A tower block, block of flats, or apartment block is (in the 21st century) usually a high-rise apartment building.
In New Zealand, flats refer to houses or other accommodation where groups of people, often University students, live together.
Buildings containing low numbers of flats or apartments, or which are low-rise buildings such as tenement buildings, are described in the article on apartment buildings.
In farming terms, "flats" may refer to valley floors where rich grazing is available when the steeper land is too bare.
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