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   apartment

   /əˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a flat, typically one that is well appointed or used for holidays: "self-catering holiday apartments"
   • ▪ a suite of rooms forming one residence; a flat: "the family lived in a rented apartment" Similar penthouseflathome unitinformal:crib
   • ▪ a block of apartments: "a district of six-storey apartments arranged along narrow streets"
   • ▪ a set of private rooms in a very large house: "the Imperial apartments" Similar suite (of rooms)set of roomsroomschambersliving quartersaccommodation

   Word Origin mid 17th century (denoting a private suite of rooms): from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare ‘to separate’, from a parte ‘apart’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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