apartment

Meaning

1. A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
2. A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
3. (obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment
4. 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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɑːt.mənt/

Etymology

From French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). See apart.

Sentences

The roaches in his apartment were planted by his filthy immigrant next-door neighbors .