apartment
A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
Noun 3 meanings
A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
“apartment dwellers”
A room within a house.
A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
Etymology
From French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”), equivalent to apart + -ment. See apart and -ment.
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APARTMENT at a glance
APARTMENT has 9 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (A 1 + P 3 + A 1 + R 1 + T 1 + M 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,187 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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