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Definition: Apartment Building |
Apartment BuildingNoun1. A building that is divided into apartments. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Apartment BuildingSynonym: apartment house (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Apartment Building |
| English words defined with "apartment building": Cocoonery ♦ penthouse ♦ Vestibule train ♦ walk-up, walk-up apartment. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "apartment building": building-service supervisor ♦ direct access ♦ high rise, Housing unit ♦ maintenance engineer, MANAGER, APARTMENT HOUSE, manager, building, multi-unit structure ♦ restricted access building/secured building ♦ SALES REPRESENTATIVE, WATER-SOFTENING EQUIPMENT, service-car operator, superintendent, building ♦ three-flat ♦ unlawful entry. (references) |
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![]() | A Hawaiian rainbow from a Hilo apartment building. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | Averina apartment building (1914-17), Barnaul, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
![]() | Log house, Marshal Zhukov Street #95 (around 1900),foreground, and in the background is a typical modern apartment building of the post Soviet period (late 1990s), Omsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. | ![]() | Apartment building. Chandler tract, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Apartment building, Chandler tract. View of louvers. Adobe construction. Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Chandler tract, Arizona. Apartment building, interior view. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Backyards of apartment building at the Arizona part-time farms. Maricopa County, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Back of apartment building for permanent farm workers at the Yuba City farm workers' camp. Yuba City, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Shaker Heights, Ohio. Exterior of apartment building in Shaker Heights. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Portner Flats apartment building. Drugstore at southwest corner of Portner Flats apartment building. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| Buzzer at an apartment building door. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Ukraine | In January an unidentified man attacked Yanina Sokolovskaya, the Kiev correspondent for the Russian newspaper Izvestia, in her apartment building. (references) |
Human Rights | Slovak Republic | Ducky was killed in the lobby of his apartment building a week after the authorities filed charges against him for financial mismanagement and illegal property transfers while at the gas monopoly. (references) |
Malaysia | At the beginning of the sodomy trial, prosecutors changed the dates of the alleged acts of sodomy, allegedly because the defense had discovered that the apartment building where the sodomy allegedly took place had not been completed by the original dates. (references) | |
Minorities | Georgia | On July 11, Basilists forcibly entered a Tbilisi apartment building and attacked a Christian bible study group--mostly women and children--with clubs and metal pips. (references) |
Brazil | For example, in April in Rio de Janeiro actress Vera Oliveira Gimenez was accused by Robson Fernandes Marcelo, a doorman in her apartment building, of having used a racial slur in speaking with him. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Dole | I was on my way for a little physical checkup at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. I had just walked out the door of the apartment building. I live in Watergate south. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
apartment building for sale | 199 |
apartment building famed nyc | 5 |
apartment building high rise | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "apartment building"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | жилищен блок (apartment house, mansions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | obytný dùm (block of flats, dwelling house). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | appartementhus (block of flats), højhus (block of flats). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | flatgebouw (block of flats), flat (apartment, block of flats, flat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Turmbau (high-rise apartment building). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | fjólbýlishús (block of flats). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 集合住宅 , アバディーンアンガス種 (Aberdeen Angus, adventure, apart, apartment, aperture, avant-garde, pre-war). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅう"うじゅうたく, アパート (apart, apartment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | høyblokk (block of flats). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | flèt (block of flats). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apartmentay uildingbay prédio de apartamentos. (various references) жилое здание. (various references) casa de pisos (apartment complex, apartment house, tenement). (various references) höghus (block of flats, high rise), flerfamiljshus. (various references) apartman (apartment block, apartment house, block, building, rooms). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-g-i-i-l-m-n-n-p-r-t-t-u" | |
-4 letters: perambulating. | |
-5 letters: adulterating, blueprinting, delaminating, manipulating, preadmitting, premalignant, reimplanting, triangulated, unimaginable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 70 61 72 74 6D 65 6E 74      42 75 69 6C 64 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01000010 01110101 01101001 01101100 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p a r t m e n t   B u i l d i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 0061 0072 0074 006D 0065 006E 0074      0042 0075 0069 006C 0064 0069 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35826784867971808623687757870758073 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgare, болгарский, болгарин, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, чешский, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, dänisch, danska, danes, dinamarquês, датский, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, holländisch, hollenskur, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, голландский, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, deutsch, Deutsche, þjóðverji, þýskur, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, немецкий, alemán, tysk, alman |
Icelandic | исландски, islandský, islandsk, Ýslands, isländisch, íslenskur, íslensku, íslenskar, íslenskan, islandês, islândes, исландский, islandés, isländsk, izlanda'ya ait, izlandaca, izlanda | |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japaner, japanisch, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", hapones, japonês, японский, японец, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japaner, japanisch, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", hapones, japonês, японский, японец, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Norwegian | норвежка, норвежки език, норвежки, норвежец, norský, nordmand, Norweger, norskur, Norðmaður, norsk, noruechi, norueguês, норвежский, noruego, norrman, norveçli, Norveçce, Norveçlí, norveççe, norveç | |
Papiamen | dikshonario, definishon, tradukshon | |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugiesisch, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", portugues, português, португальский, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, Russe, russisch, Rússi, rússneskur, ロシア語 , ロシア", russisk, русский, ruso, ryss, Rusça |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, spanisch, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , spañó, espanhol, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, schwedisch, sænskur, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, турецкий, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englisch, ensku, enskur, enska, inglês, английский, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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